mysql DATE_FORMAT() question

[Adam Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I ran the commands:

CREATE TABLE testtable ( testdate DATETIME);

INSERT INTO testtable (testdate) VALUES (now());

and then I want to select it but format it to show the date only (not 
the time, and yes I know I could use DATE instead of DATETIME, but there 
may be cases where I need to show the time also).  So I run:

select DATE_FORMAT(testdate, '%m\-%d\-%Y') from testtable AS date_column;
+-------------------------------------+
| DATE_FORMAT(testdate, '%m\-%d\-%Y') |
+-------------------------------------+
| 12-12-2007                          |
+-------------------------------------+


now my question is, why is the column heading DATE_FORMAT(testdate, 
'%m\-%d\-%Y') even though I told it to be called date_column?

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