Get today's date in (YYYY-MM-DD) format in MySQL?

To get today’s date in (YYYY-MM-DD) format in MySQL, you can use CURDATE().

Following is the query to get the current date:

mysql> SELECT CURDATE();

This will produce the following output:

+------------+ | CURDATE() | +------------+ | 2019-04-09 | +------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

You can also use NOW() for this. Following is the query:

mysql> SELECT DATE(NOW());

This will produce the following output

+-------------+ | DATE(NOW()) | +-------------+ | 2019-04-09 | +-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)