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:<

Answer 1

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