Bug #25241 Error in difference of dates
Submitted: 22 Dec 2006 10:29 Modified: 22 Dec 2006 11:35
Reporter: Sidnei Cesar Coltre Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: C API (client library) Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.0.30 OS:Linux (linux-Gentoo - 2.6)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[22 Dec 2006 10:29] Sidnei Cesar Coltre
Description:
select  date_format(from_days(to_days(current_date())- to_days('1938-12-28')),'%ya%mm%dd')

Hi, when execute this sql, the result is 67a12m26d

How to repeat:
ever
[22 Dec 2006 11:35] Sveta Smirnova
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ and the instructions on
how to report a bug at http://bugs.mysql.com/how-to-report.php

Read about how function DATE_FORMAT working at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/date-and-time-functions.html