how to convert a string to date in mysql?

Question

I have a string column which acts as a date and I want to select it as a date.

Is it possible?

My sample data format

Answer 1

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/date-and-time-functions.html
use the above page to refer more Functions in MySQL

SELECT  STR_TO_DATE(StringColumn, '%d-%b-%y')
FROM    table

say for example use the below query to get output

SELECT STR_TO_DATE('23-feb-14', '%d-%b-%y') FROM table

For String format use the below link

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_date-format