✅ Converting Oracle Date Functions to MySQL Equivalents
MySQL and Oracle use different functions for handling dates. Here is how you can replace
common Oracle date functions with MySQL equivalents:
🚀 1. TO_DATE() (Oracle) ➡️ STR_TO_DATE() (MySQL)
✅ Oracle:
SELECT TO_DATE('15-JUN-2012', 'DD-MON-YYYY') FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL:
SELECT STR_TO_DATE('15-JUN-2012', '%d-%b-%Y');
• %d: Day (01, 15, 31)
• %b: Abbreviated month (JAN, FEB, JUN)
• %Y: 4-digit year (2023)
🚀 2. SYSDATE (Oracle) ➡️ NOW() or CURRENT_TIMESTAMP (MySQL)
✅ Oracle:
SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL:
SELECT NOW(); -- Current date and time
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP; -- Current date and time (same as NOW)
🚀 3. TRUNC() (Oracle) ➡️ DATE() (MySQL)
• In Oracle, TRUNC() is used to remove the time part of a date.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT TRUNC(SYSDATE) FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL:
SELECT DATE(NOW()); -- Removes time, keeps only date
🚀 4. TO_CHAR() (Oracle) ➡️ DATE_FORMAT() (MySQL)
• TO_CHAR() in Oracle is used to format dates or numbers as text.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s');
• %Y: Year (4-digit)
• %m: Month (2-digit)
• %d: Day (2-digit)
• %H: Hour (24-hour)
• %i: Minutes
• %s: Seconds
🚀 5. ADD_MONTHS() (Oracle) ➡️ DATE_ADD() (MySQL)
• Adds a specified number of months to a date.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE, 3) FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL:
SELECT DATE_ADD(NOW(), INTERVAL 3 MONTH);
🚀 6. LAST_DAY() (Oracle) ➡️ LAST_DAY() (MySQL)
• Gets the last day of the month.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT LAST_DAY(SYSDATE) FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL:
SELECT LAST_DAY(NOW());
🚀 7. MONTHS_BETWEEN() (Oracle) ➡️ Custom Calculation
(MySQL)
• Oracle can directly calculate months between two dates.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT MONTHS_BETWEEN('2023-12-01', '2023-01-01') FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL (Manual Calculation):
SELECT
(YEAR('2023-12-01') - YEAR('2023-01-01')) * 12 +
(MONTH('2023-12-01') - MONTH('2023-01-01')) AS Months_Between;
🚀 8. ROUND() with Dates (Oracle) ➡️ Custom Logic
(MySQL)
• In Oracle, ROUND() can round a date to the nearest day, month, or year.
• In MySQL, this must be done with logic.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT ROUND(SYSDATE, 'MONTH') FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL (Rounding Date to Nearest Month):
SELECT
CASE
WHEN DAY(NOW()) >= 15 THEN DATE_FORMAT(NOW() + INTERVAL 1 MONTH, '%Y-
%m-01')
ELSE DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), '%Y-%m-01')
END AS Rounded_Month;
🚀 9. EXTRACT() (Oracle) ➡️ EXTRACT() (MySQL)
• Both databases support EXTRACT(), but syntax is slightly different.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM SYSDATE) FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL:
SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM NOW());
🚀 10. NEXT_DAY() (Oracle) ➡️ Custom Logic (MySQL)
• Oracle can directly find the next specified weekday.
• In MySQL, this requires a custom query.
✅ Oracle:
SELECT NEXT_DAY(SYSDATE, 'MONDAY') FROM DUAL;
✅ MySQL (Next Monday):
SELECT DATE_ADD(NOW(), INTERVAL (9 - WEEKDAY(NOW())) % 7 DAY) AS
Next_Monday;
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