SQL NOW()
SQL NOW() Function
NOW() Function
NOW() function returns the date and time of the current system .
SQL NOW() syntax
SELECT NOW() FROM table_name;
##Demo database In this tutorial we will use the php sample database. The following is the data selected from the "Websites" table:
+----+--------------+--- ------------------------+------+---------+
SQL NOW( ) Example| id | name | url --------+-------+---------+
| 1 | Google | https://www.google.cm/ | 1 | USA |
| 2 | Taobao | https://www.taobao.com/ | 13 | CN |
| 3 | php Chinese website | http://www.php.cn/ | 4689 | CN |
| 4 | Weibo | http://weibo.com/ | 20 | CN |
| 5 | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/ | 3 | USA |
| 7 | stackoverflow | http://stackoverflow.com/ | 0 | IND |
+----+---------------+----------- ----------------+-------+---------+
| 1 | Google | https://www.google.cm/ | 1 | USA |
| 2 | Taobao | https://www.taobao.com/ | 13 | CN |
| 3 | php Chinese website | http://www.php.cn/ | 4689 | CN |
| 4 | Weibo | http://weibo.com/ | 20 | CN |
| 5 | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/ | 3 | USA |
| 7 | stackoverflow | http://stackoverflow.com/ | 0 | IND |
+----+---------------+----------- ----------------+-------+---------+
The following SQL statement selects name, url, and today's date from the "Websites" table:
ExampleSELECT name, url, Now( ) AS date
FROM Websites;Execute the above SQL and the output result is as follows:
