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Version: 3.4

curdate,current_date

Obtains the current date and returns a value of the DATE type.

Syntax​

DATE CURDATE()

Examples​

mysql> SELECT CURDATE();
+------------+
| curdate()  |
+------------+
| 2024-03-27 |
+------------+

mysql> SELECT CURRENT_DATE();
+----------------+
| current_date() |
+----------------+
| 2024-03-27     |
+----------------+

mysql> SELECT CURDATE() + 0;
+-----------------+
| (curdate()) + 0 |
+-----------------+
|        20240327 |
+-----------------+

mysql> SELECT CURDATE() +2;
+-----------------+
| (curdate()) + 2 |
+-----------------+
|        20240329 |
+-----------------+

mysql> SELECT CURDATE() - INTERVAL 5 DAY;
+----------------------------+
| curdate() - INTERVAL 5 DAY |
+----------------------------+
| 2024-03-22 00:00:00        |
+----------------------------+

mysql> SELECT QUARTER(CURDATE());
+--------------------+
| quarter(curdate()) |
+--------------------+
|                  1 |
+--------------------+