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Databases SQL Basics Finding the Data You Want Filtering by Dates

Holly Bancroft
Holly Bancroft
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Posted by Holly Bancroft
Holly Bancroft
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Dates in SQL

Is the date format in SQL always YYYY-MM-DD?

1 Answer

Chris Adams
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Chris Adams
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Hey Holly! Yeah, the default output format is YYYY-MM-DD, HH:MM:SS. Easier for sorting!

You can read more here:

https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_dates.asp https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/enterprise-developer/ed231/ESWin/GUID-DC5B9C1F-353F-4C08-95DE-E1D825CD65C7.html