title: Set MySQL Column Alias to a Calculated Date
body: <p>I'm looking to do something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>select data AS curdate() from table;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>so the resulting table would look like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>2013-04-26
    data 1
    data 2
    data 3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can't figure out the syntax, but it must be possible?</p>
  
  <p>I've tried it without quotes of any kind, which returns an error. Single quotes and back ticks both return the SQL itself as the column header.</p>