Question

I am trying to get the date portion of a datetime field. I know I can get it with date_format, but that returns a string or “varchar” field. How can I convert the result to date and not as varchar?

This is my query returning the varchar:

(Select Date_Format(orders.date_purchased,'%m/%d/%Y')) As Date  

I tried several combinations from this question, but could not make it to work:

mysql query – format date on output?

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Try to cast it as a DATE

SELECT CAST(orders.date_purchased AS DATE) AS DATE_PURCHASED