SELECT 
  cscart_promotions.*, 
  cscart_promotion_descriptions.name, 
  cscart_promotion_descriptions.detailed_description, 
  cscart_promotion_descriptions.short_description, 
  cscart_promotion_images.promotion_image_id 
FROM 
  cscart_promotions 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_promotion_descriptions ON cscart_promotion_descriptions.promotion_id = cscart_promotions.promotion_id 
  AND cscart_promotion_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_storefronts_promotions AS storefronts_promotions ON storefronts_promotions.promotion_id = cscart_promotions.promotion_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_promotion_images ON cscart_promotion_images.promotion_id = cscart_promotions.promotion_id 
  AND cscart_promotion_images.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND status IN ('A') 
  AND (
    storefronts_promotions.storefront_id = 1 
    OR storefronts_promotions.storefront_id IS NULL
  ) 
  AND cscart_promotions.promotion_id NOT IN (25, 26, 27) 
  AND 1 
ORDER BY 
  (
    IF(from_date > 1781393270, 1, 0) + IF(
      to_date 
      AND to_date < 1781393270, 
      2, 
      0
    )
  ) asc, 
  ABS(
    (
      IF(
        from_date > 1781393270, from_date, 
        to_date
      )/-1
    ) + 1781393270
  ) asc 
LIMIT 
  0, 12

Query time 0.00117

JSON explain

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      "sort_key": "if(cscart_promotions.from_date > 1781393270,1,0) + if(cscart_promotions.to_date <> 0 and cscart_promotions.to_date < 1781393270,2,0), abs(if(cscart_promotions.from_date > 1781393270,cscart_promotions.from_date,cscart_promotions.to_date) / -1 + 1781393270)",
      "temporary_table": {
        "nested_loop": [
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "cscart_promotions",
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              "attached_condition": "cscart_promotions.`status` = 'A' and cscart_promotions.promotion_id not in (25,26,27)"
            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "cscart_promotion_descriptions",
              "access_type": "eq_ref",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
              "key": "PRIMARY",
              "key_length": "9",
              "used_key_parts": ["promotion_id", "lang_code"],
              "ref": [
                "u508912950_dev_2025.cscart_promotions.promotion_id",
                "const"
              ],
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              "filtered": 100,
              "attached_condition": "trigcond(cscart_promotion_descriptions.lang_code = 'en')"
            }
          },
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                "table_name": "storefronts_promotions",
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              },
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            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "cscart_promotion_images",
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              "possible_keys": ["promo"],
              "key": "promo",
              "key_length": "10",
              "used_key_parts": ["promotion_id", "lang_code"],
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              ],
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            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}