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