Format date in SELECT * query

Question

Is it possible to format a date field in a SELECT * query? I want to get all of the columns from my table but need a different format from the date.

Something like:

SELECT *, FORMATDATE(date,'%m-%d-%y') AS date FROM my_table;

or do I have to process it in php after the query?

Answer 1

Use DATE_FORMAT:

SELECT *, DATE_FORMAT(date, "%m-%d-%y") AS date FROM my_table;

Answer 2

select DATE_FORMAT(your_date_field_name,'%m-%d-%y') AS whatever FROM your_table_name_here;

the result is something like this

09-22-11

as opposed to this

2011-02-02 15:42:51