mysql today date code example

Example 1: mysql format date

DATE_FORMAT(date, format)
-- E.g.
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(dateField, '%m/%d/%Y') FROM TableName;
-- See https://www.mysqltutorial.org/mysql-date_format/ for available formats

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.