Problem with insert and date

I have a problem with date.
I cannot insert a date as a value on a table.

ie. table has 2 col: ID(int), Date(Date)

in PHP:

$mydate=(date("y-M-d h:i"));

INSERT INTO Table (ID, Date) VALUES ('$ID', '$mydate')";

why wouldn't this work?

if you change it to a text entry you will be able to insert, or change the format as MySQL stores dates as YYYY-MM-DD

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cheers