In my table I have a dateCreated column in the format of DATETIME.
How do I insert the current datetime when I add the record to the database?
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In my table I have a dateCreated column in the format of DATETIME.
How do I insert the current datetime when I add the record to the database?
Better use
TIMESTAMPinstead and useCURRENT_TIMESTAMPto get current timestamp.TIMESTAMPshould behave exaclty (or very similar) toDATETIMEso you shouldn’t notice a difference.Furthermore you may set
CURRENT_TIMESTAMPas default for all new entries.