Format date in MySQL SELECT as ISO 8601

Question

I\'m trying to grab the date from my database in a standard timestamp and display it as ISO 8601. I\'m unable to easily do it in PHP so I\'m trying to do it in my SELECT st

Answer 1

The DATE_FORMAT(DateColumn) has to be in the SELECT list:

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date, '%Y-%m-%dT%TZ') AS date_formatted
FROM table_name 
ORDER BY id DESC