Need Advice on Program Work Flow

Hey all, I was hoping to get some advice on how to structure an app I’d like to make.  Without giving away too much info, it is similar to a “Daily Quotes” type app.  Essentially it will need to access a server to download Today’s quote. 

Here is the plan:

  • On launch, the app will get the current date from the device

  • App will connect to server, find today’s data, and download Today’s quote

  • App will display Today’s Quote to user

  • App will also have the option to download & show the previous X amount of day’s quotes.

I don’t have too much experience dealing with server-side data, so any advice would be appreciated. I am assuming that using a MySQL database is probably the best bet here.  What is a good way to go about creating this database?  Do I need to create 3 columns for Day, Month, Year?  How does the app access the database?  Directly?  Through a script?