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Step 1: Add new Column
ALTER TABLE table_name ADD (duplicate_column datetime);
Step 2: Update new Column with existing value
UPDATE table_name SET duplicate_column = str_to_date(column_name, '%d-%m-%Y %h:%i:%s');

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