mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2006-03-23', '%W %M %d, %Y') AS Today;
+-------------------------+
| Today                   |
+-------------------------+
| Thursday March 23, 2006 |
+-------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT(OrderDate, '%M %e, %Y - %l:%i %p')
    -> FROM orders LIMIT 5;
+------------------------------------------------+
| DATE_FORMAT(OrderDate, '%M %e, %Y - %l:%i %p') |
+------------------------------------------------+
| July 4, 1996 - 12:00 AM                        | 
| July 5, 1996 - 12:00 AM                        | 
| July 8, 1996 - 12:00 AM                        | 
| July 8, 1996 - 12:00 AM                        | 
| July 9, 1996 - 12:00 AM                        | 
+------------------------------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.34 sec)
