Converting epoch number to human readable date in mysql
You can use from_unixtime() as follows:
SELECT from_unixtime(1388618430);
which returns 2014-01-02 00:20:30
This wil work for both +positive
and -negative
epoch, in-case for old birth dates, and also if you want to specify date format
select
date_format(DATE_ADD(from_unixtime(0), interval '1389422614485'/1000 second), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s') as my_new_date;
Your epoch value 1389422614485
seems like having the millisecond precision. So you need to use some mysql mathematical functions along with from_unixtime()
for generating human readable format.
mysql> select from_unixtime(floor(1389422614485/1000));
+------------------------------------------+
| from_unixtime(floor(1389422614485/1000)) |
+------------------------------------------+
| 2014-01-11 12:13:34 |
+------------------------------------------+
Update July 2020: As of MySQL 8.0, the floor
function is no longer necessary when working with milliseconds:
mysql> select from_unixtime(1594838230234/1000);
+------------------------------------------+
| from_unixtime(1594838230234/1000) |
+------------------------------------------+
| 2020-07-15 18:37:10.2340 |
+------------------------------------------+
Take a look at from-unixtime
mysql> SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(1196440219);
-> '2007-11-30 10:30:19'