Question

I have a MySql database that holds datetime in one field, in this format:

'2011-01-04 16:32:49'

How can I filter out results based on this datetime such that it shows results only from Today. basically, I only want to compare against the date part of the field.

Can I do something like this?

Select * from table where timestamp.date() = now().date

Answer 1

Use DATE:

SELECT * FROM table
WHERE DATE(timestamp) = DATE(now())

Another alternative that will be able to use the index on timestamp if you have one:

SELECT * FROM table
WHERE timestamp >= DATE(now())
AND timestamp < DATE(now()) + interval 1 day