Question

Im trying to order results ASCENDING from the current date

this is what im using now;

SELECT * FROM friends JOIN bdays 
ON bdays.user = friends.friendname 
WHERE username = $userid ORDER BY DATE_FORMAT(date, '%m %d')

any ideas?

example
ordering by date now, sorts the birthdays starting at january

what i need, is instead of starting the list at january, is starting it from the current date.

So, instead of;

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
November
December

It will order them like this;

April (current month/day)
May
June
July
August
September
November
December
January
February
March
April (all the way up to yesterday)

Answer 1

You could try:

ORDER BY
   DATE_FORMAT(date,'%m %d') < DATE_FORMAT(NOW(),"%m %d"),
   DATE_FORMAT(date,'%m %d');

First, order by whether or not the date is less than the current date, then order by month and date in ascending order.

NOTE
This looks like the method Col. Shrapnel was referring to.