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# formatdatetime_f_* session settings

> ClickHouse session settings in the formatdatetime_f_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

These settings are available in [system.settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/settings) and are autogenerated from [source](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/src/Core/Settings.cpp).

<h2 id="formatdatetime_f_prints_scale_number_of_digits">
  formatdatetime\_f\_prints\_scale\_number\_of\_digits
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

<VersionHistory rows={[{"id": "row-1","items": [{"label": "25.1"},{"label": "0"},{"label": "New setting."}]}]} />

Formatter '%f' in function 'formatDateTime' prints only the scale amount of digits for a DateTime64 instead of fixed 6 digits.

<h2 id="formatdatetime_f_prints_single_zero">
  formatdatetime\_f\_prints\_single\_zero
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

<VersionHistory rows={[{"id": "row-1","items": [{"label": "23.4"},{"label": "0"},{"label": "Improved compatibility with MySQL DATE_FORMAT()\/STR_TO_DATE()"}]}]} />

Formatter '%f' in function 'formatDateTime' prints a single zero instead of six zeros if the formatted value has no fractional seconds.