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Asked: June 14, 20262026-06-14T11:08:21+00:00 2026-06-14T11:08:21+00:00

I want to convert a field that represents a date-time but is currently a

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I want to convert a field that represents a date-time but is currently a VARCHAR to a DATETIME field.
Currently the representation looks like: ‘Sun May 20 01:04:39 +0000 2012’
I want to do this operation in a query.

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    2026-06-14T11:08:22+00:00Added an answer on June 14, 2026 at 11:08 am

    Use STR_TO_DATE

    SELECT STR_TO_DATE('Sun May 20 01:04:39 +0000 2012', '%a %M %d %H:%i:%S +0000 %Y')
    
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