right now I\'m storing a date in the database, in the format date(\"Y-m-d\") and im storing it in date column.
date(\"Y-m-d\")
Now, I\'ve retrieved it from the database
Use date_format in your SQL query.
Example: date_format(somefield, '%d-%m-%Y, %h:%i %p')
date_format(somefield, '%d-%m-%Y, %h:%i %p')