Sometimes you may need to get date from datetime or get current datetime. In this article, we will look at how to get current date and time in MySQL.
How to Get Current Date and Time in MySQL
There are multiple ways to get current date and time in MySQL.
You can run NOW() function to get current date and time in MySQL.
mysql> select now(); +---------------------+ | now() | +---------------------+ | 2020-12-21 12:18:33 | +---------------------+
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You can also use current_timestamp() to get latest date and time in MySQL.
mysql> select current_timestamp(); +---------------------+ | current_timestamp() | +---------------------+ | 2020-12-21 12:18:33 | +---------------------+
If you only want to get current date in MySQL, you can use system variable current_date or functions like curdate() or current_date(). They all give latest date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
mysql> select current_date,curdate(),current_date(); +--------------+------------+----------------+ | current_date | curdate() | current_date() | +--------------+------------+----------------+ | 2020-12-21 | 2020-12-21 | 2020-12-21 | +--------------+------------+----------------+
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If you only want to get current time in MySQL, you can use system variable current_time or functions like curtime() or current_time(). They all give latest time in HH:MM:SS format
mysql> select current_time,curtime(),current_time(); +--------------+-----------+----------------+ | current_time | curtime() | current_time() | +--------------+-----------+----------------+ | 12:24:41 | 12:24:41 | 12:24:41 | +--------------+-----------+----------------+
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