Question

I have a visit table

with columns

            member_id
           visit_id
           visit_logout_datetime(values like this... '

now i need to compare the visit_logout_datetime with today date time property…

here is two conditions

1) i need to compare the today date with date coming from this field visit_logout_datetime

// here i want to do something….

2) i need to compare the present time with the time in this field visit_logout_datetime

i want to compare individually ..

how can i do that ..

would any one pls help on this….

Answer 1

mysql> select cast('2011-10-24 15:20:10' as date);
+-------------------------------------+
| cast('2011-10-24 15:20:10' as date) |
+-------------------------------------+
| 2011-10-24                          |
+-------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select cast('2011-10-24 15:20:10' as time);
+-------------------------------------+
| cast('2011-10-24 15:20:10' as time) |
+-------------------------------------+
| 15:20:10                            |
+-------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)