MySQL DATE_FORMAT Explained - How to format date value in MySQL?

Syntax to format a date value:

DATE_FORMAT(date, format);

Parameters:

Format	Description
%a	Three characters abbreviated weekday name (Sun to Sat)
%b	Three characters abbreviated month name (Jan to Dec)
%c	Month name in numeric without leading zero (0 to 12)
%D	Day of the month in numeric with suffix (1st, 2nd, 3rd, …)
%d	Day of the month in numeric (01 to 31)
%e	Day of the month in numeric without zero (0 to 31)
%f	Microseconds (000000 to 999999)
%H	Hour (00 to 23)
%h	Hour (00 to 12)
%I	Hour (00 to 12)
%i	Minutes (00 to 59)
%j	Day of the year (001 to 366)
%k	Hour (0 to 23)
%l	Hour (1 to 12)
%M	Month name in full (January to December)
%m	Month name in numeric with leading zero (00 to 12)
%p	AM or PM
%r	Time in 12 hour AM or PM format (hh:mm:ss AM/PM)
%S	Seconds (00 to 59)
%s	Seconds (00 to 59)
%T	Time in 24 hour format (hh:mm:ss)
%U	Week with Sunday as the first day of the week (00 to 53)
%u	Week with Monday as the first day of the week (00 to 53)
%V	Week with Sunday as the first day of the week (01 to 53). Used with %X
%v	Week with Monday as the first day of the week (01 to 53). Used with %X
%W	Weekday name in full (Sunday to Saturday)
%w	Day of the week with Sunday=0 and Saturday=6
%X	Year for the week with Sunday as the first day of the week. Used with %V
%x	Year for the week with Monday as the first day of the week. Used with %V
%Y	Year in numeric, 4-digit value
%y	Year in numeric, 2-digit value

For example, with this query:

SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2018-07-02 01:00:00', '%W %D %M %Y');

The output is: Monday 2nd July 2018

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