automatically delete records from a table

hi.. was wondering about how you could run a script that automatically ran at midnight every day and deleted records that matched a certain date stored in a mysql table? any ideas how that supposed to work?.. i think the script has to be a chron task on linux but im not really sure how to go about doing such a job.. any ideas? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/2003