how to set mysql date format 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: mysql date format

-- Converts 'dd.mm.yyyy' to date	(my_date_col is VARCHAR)
SELECT STR_TO_DATE(my_date_col,'%d.%m.%Y') AS my_strdate FROM my_table;
-- Converts 'dd.mm.yyyy' to 'YYYY-MM-DD'
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(STR_TO_DATE(my_date_col,'%d.%m.%Y'), '%Y-%m-%d') AS my_strdate
	FROM my_table;