How to select a date less than the current date with MySQL?

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1877 ( DueDate datetime ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1877 values('2019-12-10'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1877 values('2019-12-05'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1877 values('2019-12-07'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1877 values('2019-12-09'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1877;

This will produce the following output −

+---------------------+ | DueDate             | +---------------------+ | 2019-12-10 00:00:00 | | 2019-12-05 00:00:00 | | 2019-12-07 00:00:00 | | 2019-12-09 00:00:00 | +---------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The current date is as follows −

mysql> select curdate(); +------------+ | curdate()  | +------------+ | 2019-12-08 | +------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to select a date less than the current one −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1877 where DueDate < now();

This will produce the following output −

+---------------------+ | DueDate             | +---------------------+ | 2019-12-05 00:00:00 | | 2019-12-07 00:00:00 | +---------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)