To group and sort data by a period in MySQL, you can make use of the following approaches:Date functions: MySQL provides built-in date functions that allow you to manipulate and extract parts of dates. You can use functions like DATE_FORMAT, MONTH, YEAR, etc., to group and sort data by periods such as day, month, or year. For example, you can use the YEAR(date_column) function to group and sort data by year.
Date arithmetic: Another approach is to use date arithmetic to create period intervals.