How to convert timestamp to datetime in MySQL?
Use the FROM_UNIXTIME() function in MySQL
Remember that if you are using a framework that stores it in milliseconds (for example Java's timestamp) you have to divide by 1000 to obtain the right Unix time in seconds.
DATE_FORMAT(FROM_UNIXTIME(`orderdate`), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s') as "Date" FROM `orders`This is the ultimate solution if the given date is in encoded format like 1300464000
To answer Janus Troelsen comment
Use UNIX_TIMESTAMP instead of TIMESTAMP
SELECT from_unixtime( UNIX_TIMESTAMP( "2011-12-01 22:01:23.048" ) )The TIMESTAMP function returns a Date or a DateTime and not a timestamp, while UNIX_TIMESTAMP returns a unix timestamp