c# - How to round a DateTime in MySQL?

Question

I want to discretize the DateTime with the resolution of 5 minutes. I did it in C#, but how to convert the following code to MySQL?

DateTime Floor(DateTime dateTime, TimeSpan resolution)
{
    return new DateTime
        (
             timeSpan.Ticks * 
             (long) Math.Floor
             (
                  ((double)dateTime.Ticks) / 
                  ((double)resolution.Ticks)
             )
        );
}

Answer 1

It's a little nasty when you do it with datetime data types; a nice candidate for a stored function.

DATE_SUB(DATE_SUB(time, INTERVAL MOD(MINUTE(time),5) MINUTE ), 
         INTERVAL SECOND(time) SECOND)

It's easier when you use UNIXTIME timestamps but that's limited to a 1970 - 2038 date range.

FROM_UNIXTIME(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(time) - MOD(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(time),300))

Good luck.