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Converting Date (d-m-Y_His) stored in mysql VARCHAR to mysql DATETIME
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Hi,
I was trying to sort records in one of our MySQL databases by date but I notice that the date values are stored as VARCHAR data type rather than a DATETIME value.
i.e. 08-07-2016_164533 in the format d-m-Y_His (day-month-Year_HourMinute
I wonder if there is an easy way to convert these values to DATETIME datatype for easier manipulation?
Thanks
I was trying to sort records in one of our MySQL databases by date but I notice that the date values are stored as VARCHAR data type rather than a DATETIME value.
i.e. 08-07-2016_164533 in the format d-m-Y_His (day-month-Year_HourMinute
I wonder if there is an easy way to convert these values to DATETIME datatype for easier manipulation?
Thanks
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