still sorting and casting problems

Hello there

Unfortunately, I can't change the fieldtype that easy because other
applications use the date as char(10) field as well.

I need to sort the query by the log_date desc (log_date is char(10)). I
tried the following without success :

select id, log_date from userlog order by cast (log_date as date) desc

select id, log_date from userlog order by date(log_date) desc

Please help and thank's in advance ... jr

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