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Databases

olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points
Posted by olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points

IS IT ME OR IS THIS AN ERROR SQL

I belive i have done everything right but my query returns dates like this 00/1987

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/reporting-with-sql/date-and-time-functions/formatting-dates-and-times

SELECT title,STRFTIME("%M/%Y",date_released) AS month_year_released FROM movies;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The token "%M" (capital "M") represents the minute. You probably want "%m" (lower-case "m") instead, which represents the month.

See this documentation page for the complete list of substitution tokens.

Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
2,243 Points
Donnie Driskell
Donnie Driskell
2,243 Points

Steven, I am just now getting back to this lesson. Yes, that is correct. I looked up the SQLite Docs and the query needed a capital "Y"

SELECT title, STRFTIME("%m/%Y", date_released) AS month_year_released FROM movies;

Thanks Donnie