title: Parse date in MySQL
body: <p>How to convert the following into date for insertion/update into a <code>TIMESTAMP</code> or <code>DATE</code> field in MySQL?</p>
  
  <pre><code>'15-Dec-09'
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  <p><code>DATE_FORMAT()</code> is used to format date, but not the other way around.</p>