MySQL curdate () function instance details, mysqlcurdate

MySQL curdate () function instance details, mysqlcurdate

Functions of MySQL CURDATE

If the string context or YYYMMDD format is used in the numeric context, the CURDATE () function returns the current date as a value in YYYY-MM-DD format.

The following example shows how to use the CURDATE () function in the string context.

sql> SELECT CURDATE();+------------+| CURDATE() |+------------+| 2017-08-10 |+------------+1 row in set (0.00 sec)

The following example shows how to use the CURDATE () function in the numeric context:

mysql> SELECT CURDATE() + 0;+---------------+| CURDATE() + 0 |+---------------+|   20170810 |+---------------+1 row in set

CURRENT_DATE and CURRENT_DATE () are synonyms of CURDATE.

mysql> SELECT CURRENT_DATE(), CURRENT_DATE, CURDATE();+----------------+--------------+------------+| CURRENT_DATE() | CURRENT_DATE | CURDATE() |+----------------+--------------+------------+| 2017-08-10   | 2017-08-10  | 2017-08-10 |+----------------+--------------+------------+1 row in set

CURDATE and NOW functions

The CURDATE () function returns only the current date, while the NOW () function returns the date and time of the current time. The result of the CURDATE () function is equivalent to the following expression:

 mysql> SELECT DATE(NOW());+-------------+| DATE(NOW()) |+-------------+| 2017-08-10 |+-------------+1 row in set

In this tutorial, you learned how to use the MySQL CURDATE () function to obtain the current date value.

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