Berikut adalah format-format yang dapat digunakan jika kita melakukan query data dari table database yang tipe datanya date.
| 
FORMAT | 
PENJELASAN | 
| 
%a | 
Abbreviated weekday name
  (Sun..Sat) | 
| 
%b | 
Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) | 
| 
%c | 
Month, numeric (0..12) | 
| 
%D | 
Day of the month with English
  suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …) | 
| 
%d | 
Day of the month, numeric (00..31) | 
| 
%e | 
Day of the month, numeric (0..31) | 
| 
%f | 
Microseconds (000000..999999) | 
| 
%H | 
Hour (00..23) | 
| 
%h | 
Hour (01..12) | 
| 
%I | 
Hour (01..12) | 
| 
%i | 
Minutes, numeric (00..59) | 
| 
%j | 
Day of year (001..366) | 
| 
%k | 
Hour (0..23) | 
| 
%l | 
Hour (1..12) | 
| 
%M | 
Month name (January..December) | 
| 
%m | 
Month, numeric (00..12) | 
| 
%p | 
AM or PM | 
| 
%r | 
Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss followed
  by AM or PM) | 
| 
%S | 
Seconds (00..59) | 
| 
%s | 
Seconds (00..59) | 
| 
%T | 
Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss) | 
| 
%U | 
Week (00..53), where Sunday is the
  first day of the week; WEEK() mode 0 | 
| 
%u | 
Week (00..53), where Monday is the
  first day of the week; WEEK() mode 1 | 
| 
%V | 
Week (01..53), where Sunday is the
  first day of the week; WEEK() mode 2; used with %X | 
| 
%v | 
Week (01..53), where Monday is the
  first day of the week; WEEK() mode 3; used with %x | 
| 
%W | 
Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday) | 
| 
%w | 
Day of the week
  (0=Sunday..6=Saturday) | 
| 
%X | 
Year for the week where Sunday is
  the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %V | 
| 
%x | 
Year for the week, where Monday is
  the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %v | 
| 
%Y | 
Year, numeric, four digits | 
| 
%y | 
Year, numeric (two digits) | 
| 
%% | 
A literal “%” character | 
| 
%x | 
x, for any “x” not listed above | 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
