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date_floor

date_floor

Description

Syntax

DATETIME DATE_FLOOR(DATETIME datetime, INTERVAL period type)

Converts a date to the nearest rounding down time of a specified time interval period.

The datetime parameter is a valid date expression.

The period parameter specifies how many units each cycle consists of, starting from 0001-01-01T00:00:00

Type: YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND.

Example

mysql>select date_floor("0001-01-01 00:00:16",interval 5 second);
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| second_floor('0001-01-01 00:00:16', 5, '0001-01-01 00:00:00') |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 0001-01-01 00:00:15                                           |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>select date_floor("0001-01-01 00:00:18",interval 5 second);
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| second_floor('0001-01-01 00:00:18', 5, '0001-01-01 00:00:00') |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 0001-01-01 00:00:15                                           |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql>select date_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18",interval 5 minute);
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| minute_floor('2023-07-13 22:28:18', 5, '0001-01-01 00:00:00') |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2023-07-13 22:25:00                                           |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>select date_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18",interval 5 hour);
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| hour_floor('2023-07-13 22:28:18', 5, '0001-01-01 00:00:00') |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2023-07-13 18:00:00                                         |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql>select date_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18",interval 5 day);
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| day_floor('2023-07-13 22:28:18', 5, '0001-01-01 00:00:00') |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2023-07-10 00:00:00                                        |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>select date_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18",interval 5 month);
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| month_floor('2023-07-13 22:28:18', 5, '0001-01-01 00:00:00') |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2023-07-01 00:00:00                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql>select date_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18",interval 5 year);
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| year_floor('2023-07-13 22:28:18', 5, '0001-01-01 00:00:00') |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2021-01-01 00:00:00                                         |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+

Keywords

DATE_FLOOR,DATE,FLOOR

Best Practices

See also