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Version: Stable-3.1

timestamp

Description​

Returns the DATETIME value of a date or datetime expression.

Syntax​

DATETIME timestamp(DATETIME|DATE expr);

Parameters​

expr: the time expression you want to convert. It must be of the DATETIME or DATE type.

Return value​

Returns a DATETIME value. If the input time is empty or does not exist, such as 2021-02-29, NULL is returned.

Examples​

select timestamp("2019-05-27");
+-------------------------+
| timestamp('2019-05-27') |
+-------------------------+
| 2019-05-27 00:00:00     |
+-------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)