SELECT *
FROM mytable
WHERE CAST(mydatefield AS DATETIME) >= CAST('2009-01-01' AS DATETIME)
Si vos dates sont dans un format bizarre que MySQL
ne comprend pas, utilisez STR_TO_DATE
:
SELECT *
FROM mytable
WHERE STR_TO_DATE(mydatefield, '%Y, %d %m') >= STR_TO_DATE('2009, 01 01', '%Y, %d %m')