Can't format string to timestamp using mySQL?

Question

SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE('2014-05-10 13:12:44','%Y-%m-%d %h:%m:%s'));

returns NULL. Am I missing something? I thought this would return a timestamp.

Answer 1

Your date format string should be '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s'. %m means month, and %h means USA-style 0-12 hours, so 13 is no good.

Using STR_TO_DATE is almost as much fun as whistling into a modem, but not quite. :-)