how to convert a string to date in mysql?

Question

I have a string column which acts as a date and I want to select it as a date.

Is it possible?

My sample data format

Answer 1

Here's another two examples.

To output the day, month, and year, you can use:

select STR_TO_DATE('14/02/2015', '%d/%m/%Y');

Which produces:

2015-02-14

To also output the time, you can use:

select STR_TO_DATE('14/02/2017 23:38:12', '%d/%m/%Y %T');

Which produces:

2017-02-14 23:38:12