Export MySQL table to TSV using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from MySQL table to TSV using current date as file name?

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Export data from MySQL table to TSV file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to MySQL -> Choose MySQL table -> Set TSV filename template including date -> Export MySQL to TSV using current date as file name

Choose MySQL and logon.

“Export From Table” for “TSV to MySQL“.

Select TSV file type.

1. Choose MySQL table.

2. Set TSV file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export MySQL table data to TSV file. Dynamically created TSV file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output TSV files.

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More about MySQL to TSV converter

MySQL → TSV reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in MySQL	in TSV
Int	INT	1234
Bigint	BIGINT	9007199254740993
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	1234.56
Float	DOUBLE	1.234e+10
Text	VARCHAR(n)	unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column
Long text	LONGTEXT	unquoted; newlines break the row
Date	DATE	2026-09-18
Datetime	DATETIME	2026-09-18 14:30:00
Binary	LONGBLOB	not representable
Boolean	TINYINT(1)	TRUE / FALSE
JSON	JSON	the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay)

Dialect differences

MySQL is a database server and TSV is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in MySQL	in TSV
port	3306	—
identifiers	`backtick`	Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME	Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00
long text	TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT	—
binary	BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB	Not supported - must be encoded
separator	—	Tab
encoding	—	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM
typing	—	None - every field is text
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Flat table, optional header row
ceiling	—	No formal limit

Command line

Side	Command
MySQL	mysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv
MySQL (load)	mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE

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New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).