MySQL CURDATE() Function
MySQL Date Functions
Definition and Usage
CURDATE() returns the current date.
Syntax
Example
The following SELECT statement:
SELECT NOW(),CURDATE(),CURTIME()
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will result in something like this:
NOW() |
CURDATE() |
CURTIME() |
2008-11-11 12:45:34 |
2008-11-11 |
12:45:34 |
Example
The following SQL creates an "Orders" table with a datetime column (OrderDate):
CREATE TABLE Orders
(
OrderId int NOT NULL,
ProductName varchar(50) NOT NULL,
OrderDate datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURDATE(),
PRIMARY KEY (OrderId)
)
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Notice that the OrderDate column specifies CURDATE() as the default value. As
a result, when you insert a row into the table, the current date are
automatically inserted into the column.
Now we want to insert a record into the "Orders" table:
INSERT INTO Orders (ProductName) VALUES ('Jarlsberg Cheese')
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The "Orders" table will now look something like this:
OrderId |
ProductName |
OrderDate |
1 |
Jarlsberg Cheese |
2008-11-11 |
MySQL Date Functions
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