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?

select * from follow_queue group by follow_date cast follow_date as date

That's not working.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Use DATE() function:

select * from follow_queue group by DATE(follow_date)

Answer 2

It's fine. But, if the date format in mysql database saved as y/m/d format, then how can CAST function will be used.