MySQL date function (Say May-10 to be saved as 2010-05-01)

Question

T've the date column with value like 'May-10' (Say %b-%y format).While loading data to mysql, i use like

SET Period = STR_TO_DATE(@var1,'%b-%y')

Then the values are stored as '2013-05-00'. But i want to save those values in any date number (say '2013-05-01').

I tried like doing this for May-10

DATE_ADD(DATE_SUB(DATE_FORMAT(LAST_DAY(STR_TO_DATE('May-10','%b-%y')),'%Y-%m-%d' ),INTERVAL 1 MONTH),INTERVAL 1 DAY)

I know that this is a complex way of doing things.

Anyone please suggest me simple solutions ?

Answer 1

Try this

SET Period = STR_TO_DATE(CONCAT('01-', @var1),'%d-%b-%y')