Format date in MySQL to return MonthName, Year

Question

I have rows in a table that I need to order by date. Easy enough, use the date datatype to store them, ORDER BY date blah blah.

However, I\

Answer 1

Try this

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(`date`,'%M %Y') AS showdate FROM table

Use this site http://www.mysqlformatdate.com/ to get the (mysql) date format you want