MySQL Query GROUP BY day / month / year

Question

Is it possible to make a simple query to count how many records I have in a determined period of time like a year, month, or day, having a TIMESTAMP field, like

Answer 1

.... group by to_char(date, 'YYYY') --> 1989

.... group by to_char(date,'MM') -->05

.... group by to_char(date,'DD') --->23

.... group by to_char(date,'MON') --->MAY

.... group by to_char(date,'YY') --->89