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To return the birthdays of all staff in the format MMDDYYYY, use the DATE_FORMAT() function
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mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE sales_rep(
-> employee_number INT,
-> surname VARCHAR(40),
-> first_name VARCHAR(30),
-> commission TINYINT,
-> date_joined date,
-> birthday date
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO sales_rep values(1,'James','Writer',10, '1989-01-01', '1969-02-02');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_joined,'%m/%d/%Y')
-> FROM sales_rep WHERE employee_number=1;
+-------------------------------------+
| DATE_FORMAT(date_joined,'%m/%d/%Y') |
+-------------------------------------+
| 01/01/1989 |
+-------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop table sales_rep;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
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