Hi Friends, I want to set the default date format as dd-mon-yyyy. How do i do this in mysql. I tried this, set global date_format='%d-%m-%y';. The command executed and when i did "show variable" it show the new format. But when i tried the below test, i got wrong results. Can u please help.
mysql> create table mytest(doj date); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec) mysql> insert into mytest values('21-01-2005'); Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from mytest; +------------+ | doj | +------------+ | 0000-00-00 | +------------+ please help. regards anandkl