DATE_FORMAT mysql 8 code example

Example 1: mysql format date

DATE_FORMAT(date, format)
-- E.g.
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(dateField, '%m/%d/%Y') FROM TableName;
-- See https://www.mysqltutorial.org/mysql-date_format/ for available formats

Example 2: disallowed function mysql to_date()

mysql> SELECT STR_TO_DATE('18,05,2009','%d,%m,%Y');
+--------------------------------------+
| STR_TO_DATE('18,05,2009','%d,%m,%Y') |
+--------------------------------------+
| 2009-05-18                           | 
+--------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)