Return just the MM-DD component of the date with RIGHT() : RIGHT « String « SQL / MySQL

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Return just the MM-DD component of the date with RIGHT()

     
mysql>
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> SELECT RIGHT(CURRENT_DATE,5),RIGHT(birthday,5) FROM sales_rep;
+-----------------------+-------------------+
| RIGHT(CURRENT_DATE,5) | RIGHT(birthday,5) |
+-----------------------+-------------------+
| 10-04                 | 02-02             |
+-----------------------+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> SELECT surname, first_name, (YEAR(CURRENT_DATE) -
    ->  YEAR(birthday)) -(RIGHT(CURRENT_DATE,5)<RIGHT(birthday,5))
    ->  AS age FROM sales_rep;
+---------+------------+------+
| surname | first_name | age  |
+---------+------------+------+
| James   | Writer     |   42 |
+---------+------------+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table sales_rep;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

   
    
    
    
    
  

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