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We can convert MySQL date and time to Unix Timestamp with the help of function UNIX_TIMESTAMP(). The following is the query. mysql> SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE('Oct 19 2018 10:00PM', '%M %d %Y %h:%i%p'));
UNIX_TIMESTAMP() : This function in MySQL helps to return a Unix timestamp. We can define a Unix timestamp as the number of seconds that have passed since '1970-01-01 00:00:00'UTC. Even if you pass the current date/time or another specified date/time, the function will return a Unix timestamp based on that.
The DATETIME type is used for values that contain both date and time parts. MySQL retrieves and displays DATETIME values in ' YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss ' format. The supported range is '1000-01-01 00:00:00' to '9999-12-31 23:59:59' . The TIMESTAMP data type is used for values that contain both date and time parts.
Here's an example of how to convert DATETIME to UNIX timestamp:SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE('Apr 15 2012 12:00AM', '%M %d %Y %h:%i%p'))
Here's an example of how to change date format:SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE('Apr 15 2012 12:00AM', '%M %d %Y %h:%i%p')),'%m-%d-%Y %h:%i:%p')
Documentation: UNIX_TIMESTAMP, FROM_UNIXTIME
You will certainly have to use both STR_TO_DATE to convert your date to a MySQL standard date format, and UNIX_TIMESTAMP to get the timestamp from it.
Given the format of your date, something like
UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE(Sales.SalesDate, '%M %e %Y %h:%i%p'))
Will gives you a valid timestamp. Look the STR_TO_DATE documentation to have more information on the format string.
For current date just use UNIX_TIMESTAMP() in your MySQL query.
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