To ensure that the month has two digits-as required for ISO format-use LPAD( ) to add a leading zero as necess
ary:
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE date_val
-> (
-> d DATE
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO date_val (d) VALUES('1864-02-28');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO date_val (d) VALUES('1900-01-15');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO date_val (d) VALUES('1987-03-05');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO date_val (d) VALUES('1999-12-31');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO date_val (d) VALUES('2000-06-04');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> SELECT d,
-> CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',LPAD(MONTH(d),2,'0'),'-01')
-> FROM date_val;
+------------+------------------------------------------------+
| d | CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',LPAD(MONTH(d),2,'0'),'-01') |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 1864-02-28 | 1864-02-01 |
| 1900-01-15 | 1900-01-01 |
| 1987-03-05 | 1987-03-01 |
| 1999-12-31 | 1999-12-01 |
| 2000-06-04 | 2000-06-01 |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop table date_val;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
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