UNIX_TIMESTAMP()

UNIX_TIMESTAMP()

Description

If UNIX_TIMESTAMP() is called with no date argument, it returns a Unix timestamp representing seconds since ‘1970-01-01 00:00:00’ UTC.

If UNIX_TIMESTAMP() is called with a date argument, it returns the value of the argument as seconds since ‘1970-01-01 00:00:00’ UTC. The server interprets date as a value in the session time zone and converts it to an internal Unix timestamp value in UTC.

If you pass an out-of-range date to UNIX_TIMESTAMP(), it returns 0. If date is NULL, it returns NULL.

The return value is an integer if no argument is given or the argument does not include a fractional seconds part, or DECIMAL if an argument is given that includes a fractional seconds part.

Syntax

> UNIX_TIMESTAMP([date])

Arguments

Arguments Description

date Optional. The date/datetime to extract the date from.
The date argument may be a DATE, DATETIME, or TIMESTAMP string, or a number in YYMMDD, YYMMDDhhmmss, YYYYMMDD, or YYYYMMDDhhmmss format. If the argument includes a time part, it may optionally include a fractional seconds part.
When the date argument is a TIMESTAMP column, UNIX_TIMESTAMP() returns the internal timestamp value directly, with no implicit string-to-Unix-timestamp conversion.

Arguments	Description
date	Optional. The date/datetime to extract the date from. The date argument may be a DATE, DATETIME, or TIMESTAMP string, or a number in YYMMDD, YYMMDDhhmmss, YYYYMMDD, or YYYYMMDDhhmmss format. If the argument includes a time part, it may optionally include a fractional seconds part. When the date argument is a `TIMESTAMP` column, `UNIX_TIMESTAMP()` returns the internal timestamp value directly, with no implicit string-to-Unix-timestamp conversion.

Examples

> SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP("2016-07-11");
+----------------------------+
| unix_timestamp(2016-07-11) |
+----------------------------+
|                 1468195200 |
+----------------------------+

Constraints

The date type supports only yyyy-mm-dd and yyyymmdd for now.