How to cast DATETIME as a DATE in mysql?

Question

My query is this. I have a bunch of entries and i want to group them by date. But instead of having date in my database, I have a datetime field. What do I do?

Answer 1

Use DATE() function:

select * from follow_queue group by DATE(follow_date)

Answer 2

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/date-and-time-functions.html

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mysql/mysql-date-time-functions.htm

use Date function directly. Hope it works