current date and time mysql code example

Example 1: mysql get time from datetime

SELECT 
date_format(datecol, '%H:%i:%s') as 'time' FROM table;
-- eg. 10:33:10

Example 2: mysql current date

In MySQL the CURDATE() returns the current date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format or 'YYYYMMDD' format depending on whether numeric or string is used in the function. CURRENT_DATE and CURRENT_DATE() are the synonym of CURDATE()

Example 3: mysql current date

SELECT NOW();
It returns current date and time.

Example 4: query current time

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

Example 5: mysql get date from datetime

WHERE DATE(datetime) = '2009-10-20'