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

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_col, '%M, %Y')
FROM   tbl
-- WHERE ??
ORDER  BY date_col;

The manual knows more about that.