如何在DATETIME字段的日期部分创建索引？

mysql> SHOW COLUMNS FROM transactionlist;
+-------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field             | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| TransactionNumber | int(10) unsigned | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| WagerId           | int(11)          | YES  | MUL | 0       |                |
| TranNum           | int(11)          | YES  | MUL | 0       |                |
| TranDateTime      | datetime         | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
| Amount            | double           | YES  |     | 0       |                |
| Action            | smallint(6)      | YES  |     | 0       |                |
| Uid               | int(11)          | YES  |     | 1       |                |
| AuthId            | int(11)          | YES  |     | 1       |                |
+-------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

TranDateTime用于保存交易发生的日期和时间

我的表中有超过1,000,000条记录，并且该语句

SELECT * FROM transactionlist where date(TranDateTime) = '2008-08-17'

花费很长时间。

编辑：

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