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Asked: 2026-05-17T21:36:08+00:00

I’m running into a problem with MySQL’s STR_TO_DATE function. For example, this code: SELECT

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I’m running into a problem with MySQL’s STR_TO_DATE function. For example, this code:

SELECT STR_TO_DATE("Saturday October 23 2010 11:00 AM", "%W %M %d %Y %h:%m %p");

outputs this:

2010-00-23 11:00:00

Why is everything correct except the month? Is this an error in my syntax?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re using the wrong modifier for minutes – use:

    SELECT STR_TO_DATE("Saturday October 23 2010 11:00 AM", "%W %M %d %Y %h:%i %p")

    You specified %m, which was overwriting the %M value – see the modifiers via the DATE_FORMAT documentation. That’s why the month was coming out as zero – the modifier for minutes is %i.

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