Error while inserting date - Incorrect date value:

Question

I have a column called today and the type is DATE.

When I try to add the date in the format \'07-25-2012\' I get the following

Answer 1

As MySql accepts the date in y-m-d format in date type column, you need to STR_TO_DATE function to convert the date into yyyy-mm-dd format for insertion in following way:

INSERT INTO table_name(today) 
VALUES(STR_TO_DATE('07-25-2012','%m-%d-%y'));  

Similary, if you want to select the date in different format other than Mysql format, you should try DATE_FORMAT function

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(today, '%m-%d-%y') from table_name;