----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trianon 33" <triano...@gmail.com> > Subject: Need a short directive > > Values from yearanddate look like this: 2013-12-11 00:00:00. I want to
That's only a display format; internally it's an integer (well, presumably a struct time_t) counting the seconds since epoch. Not especially relevant except to say that, since it's only an output format, it can easily be changed. > copy the 2013 and put that into the yearfield, for each record. > > Can that be done by just using SQL statements? I believe the year() function is pretty much what you're looking for; complexer things can be handled through date_format(). Something along the lines of UPDATE table SET year = year(yearanddate); should do nicely; I'm sure you can fix up a where clause as appropriate. -- Unhappiness is discouraged and will be corrected with kitten pictures. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
