select today date in sql code example

Example 1: current date sql

INSERT INTO my_table (last_updated) VALUES(NOW());
INSERT INTO my_table (last_updated) VALUES(sysdate);	-- Oracle
INSERT INTO my_table (last_updated) VALUES(getdate());	-- SQL Server

Example 2: get current date sql

SELECT getdate(); -- Get Current date in SQL Server

Example 3: how to retrive the today date sql

select * from datetimes 
where dtm >= cast((now()) as date)
and dtm < cast((now() + interval 1 day) as date)
;