KwickClips Databases and SQL · 42 sec · free
What is the difference between MONTH and MONTHNAME?
Short answer. MONTH gives a number, MONTHNAME gives the word.
How is a date written?
As 'YYYY-MM-DD' in quotes.
Remember
| Dates: 'YYYY-MM-DD' |
| MONTH gives 8, MONTHNAME August |
| DATE keeps only the date |
Which weekday is fifteen August two thousand twenty six? Dayname says Saturday. Monthname says August. Year gives the year. Now gives today's date and time. Write dates as year, month, day. Month is a number. Monthname is a word.
This clip is from the full lesson: SQL Single Row Functions: Math, Text and Date — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices (065), CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices (065), CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices (065)
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