Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS, 2nd Edition

Name

FROM_UNIXTIME()

Synopsis

FROM_UNIXTIME(unix_timestamp [, format])

Returns the unix_timestamp parameter as a string in either YYY-MM-DD, HH:MM:SS, or YYYMMDDHHMMSS.uuuuuu format, depending on whether the function is used in a string or numeric context. If the optional format parameter is provided, the result is formatted according to the specifiers in Table 8-11. This code returns the strings “2000-01-01 00:00:00” and “Saturday January 1st 2000 12:00 AM”:

SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(946684800);
SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(946684800, '%W %M %D %Y %h:%i %p');