MySQL: Insert datetime into other datetime field

Question

I have a table with a DATETIME column. I would like to SELECT this datetime value and INSERT it into another column.

I did this (note: \'2011-12-18 13:17:17\' is the

Answer 1

Try

    UPDATE products SET former_date=20111218131717 WHERE id=1

Alternatively, you might want to look at using the STR_TO_DATE (see STR_TO_DATE(str,format)) function.