Beginner MySQL Syntax Error

Question

I'm trying to create a table in an already created database. I've already switched into the database using USE church_fpip. Here's my code for creating the new table but for some reason it seems ZEROFILL is creating a syntax error.

mysql> CREATE TABLE sermons (
    ->   id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    ->   year INT(4) NOT NULL,
    ->   month INT(2) NOT NULL ZEROFILL,
    ->   day INT(2) NOT NULL ZEROFILL,
    ->   title VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    ->   preacher VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
    ->   length INT(3) NOT NULL,
    ->   visible TINYINT(1) NOT NULL,
    ->   PRIMARY KEY (id)
    -> );
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ZEROFILL,
  day INT(2) NOT NULL ZEROFILL,
  title VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
  preach' at line 4

Answer 1

I think ZEROFILL needs to be before NOT NULL such as

 month INT(2) ZEROFILL NOT NULL,
 day INT(2) ZEROFILL NOT NULL,

However I would recommend the use of DATETIME for what you are trying to do, instead of three columns representing day/month/year.

Answer 2

I would recommend to use date field instead of seperate year, month and day. You can parse date as per your necessity. This way it would help to keep your database clean and normalized.