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MySQL CURDATE () function

SQL Dates MySQL Date Functions

Definition and Usage

CURDATE () returns the current date.

grammar

CURDATE()


Examples

Here is the SELECT statement:

SELECT NOW(),CURDATE(),CURTIME()

The results are as follows:

NOW() CURDATE() CURTIME()
2008-11-11 12:45:34 2008-11-11 12:45:34

Examples

The following SQL to create "Orders" table with a datetime column (OrderDate) of:

CREATE TABLE Orders
(
OrderId int NOT NULL,
ProductName varchar(50) NOT NULL,
OrderDate datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURDATE(),
PRIMARY KEY (OrderId)
)

Please note, OrderDate column specified CURDATE () as the default. As a result, when you insert a row into the table, the current date and time automatically inserted column.

Now, we want to insert a record into the "Orders" table:

INSERT INTO Orders (ProductName) VALUES ('Jarlsberg Cheese')

"Orders" table is as follows:

OrderId ProductName OrderDate
1 Jarlsberg Cheese 2008-11-11


SQL Dates MySQL Date Functions