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I need to know the method and its specifiers to get MySQL date in required format(s). Is there any list of MySQL date format specifier, I will be pleased!

DATE_FORMAT(date,format)
Formats the date value according to the format string. The following specifiers may be used in the format string:
Specifier	Description
%M	Month name (January..December)
%W	Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday)
%D	Day of the month with English suffix (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
%Y	Year, numeric, 4 digits
%y	Year, numeric, 2 digits
%X	Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%V'
%x	Year for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%v'
%a	Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)
%d	Day of the month, numeric (00..31)
%e	Day of the month, numeric (0..31)
%m	Month, numeric (01..12)
%c	Month, numeric (1..12)
%b	Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)
%j	Day of year (001..366)
%H	Hour (00..23)
%k	Hour (0..23)
%h	Hour (01..12)
%I	Hour (01..12)
%l	Hour (1..12)
%i	Minutes, numeric (00..59)
%r	Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M)
%T	Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)
%S	Seconds (00..59)
%s	Seconds (00..59)
%p	AM or PM
%w	Day of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday)
%U	Week (00..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week
%u	Week (00..53), where Monday is the first day of the week
%V	Week (01..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week. Used with '%X'
%v	Week (01..53), where Monday is the first day of the week. Used with '%x'
%%	A literal `%'.

All other characters are just copied to the result without interpretation:

SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%W %M %Y'); 
       -> 'Saturday October 1997'
SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%H:%i:%s'); -> '22:23:00'
SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%D %y %a %d %m %b %j'); 
       -> '4th 97 Sat 04 10 Oct 277'
SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%H %k %I %r %T %S %w'); 
       -> '22 22 10 10:23:00 PM 22:23:00 00 6'
SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1999-01-01', '%X %V'); -> '1998 52'

As of MySQL Version 3.23, the `%' character is required before format specifier characters. In earlier versions of MySQL, `%' was optional.