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What is the best way to format my MySQL query if I want to display my [b]dates[/b] in ascending order?
Currently, as written, my query sorts my dates [b]alphabetically[/b], and I want it sorted numerically:

[code]$query = "SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_date,'%M %D %Y') AS date_date,date_info from imp_dates ORDER BY date_date ASC";[/code]

My search of the MySQL website must not be correct as I'm not producing any results about this.

My gratitude ahead of time for your help...

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What is the best way to format my MySQL query if I want to display my [b]dates[/b] in ascending order?
Currently, as written, my query sorts my dates [b]alphabetically[/b], and I want it sorted numerically:

[code]$query = "SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_date,'%M %D %Y') AS date_date,date_info from imp_dates ORDER BY date_date ASC";[/code]

My search of the MySQL website must not be correct as I'm not producing any results about this.

My gratitude ahead of time for your help...
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It may be that you are hiding the column name with your alias. Your orderby is probably looking at the alias and not the original column.

Try this:

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_date,'%M %D %Y') AS date_string,date_info from imp_dates ORDER BY date_date ASC
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