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{ “title”: “month_floor”, “language”: “en” }

month_floor

description

Syntax

DATETIME MONTH_FLOOR(DATETIME datetime)
DATETIME MONTH_FLOOR(DATETIME datetime, DATETIME origin)
DATETIME MONTH_FLOOR(DATETIME datetime, INT period)
DATETIME MONTH_FLOOR(DATETIME datetime, INT period, DATETIME origin)

Convert the date to the nearest rounding down time of the specified time interval period.

• datetime: a valid date expression.
• period: specifies how many months each cycle consists of.
• origin: starting from 0001-01-01T00:00:00.

example

mysql> select month_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18", 5);
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| month_floor(cast('2023-07-13 22:28:18' as DATETIMEV2(0)), 5) |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2023-05-01 00:00:00                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.12 sec)

keywords

MONTH_FLOOR, MONTH, FLOOR

Best Practice

See also date_floor