Date calculation in a procedure : DATE « Procedure Function « MySQL Tutorial

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mysql>
mysql> delimiter $$
mysql>
mysql> CREATE PROCEDURE myProc()
    -> BEGIN
    ->
    ->   DECLARE TwentyYearsAgoToday DATE;
    ->   DECLARE mystring VARCHAR(250);
    ->
    ->   SET TwentyYearsAgoToday=DATE_SUB(curdate(), interval 20 year);
    ->
    ->   SET mystring=CONCAT('It was ',TwentyYearsAgoToday,' ...');
    ->
    ->   SELECT mystring;
    ->
    -> END$$
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> delimiter ;
mysql>
mysql> call myProc();
+-----------------------+
| mystring              |
+-----------------------+
| It was 1987-07-23 ... |
+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

mysql> drop procedure myProc;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql>