SQL NOW() Function

NOW ( ) Function provides you the current date and time according to your computer's system date and time.

The SQL syntax for the Now ( ) function is:

Now ( )

The Now function returns a date and time that are stored in system.

Understand with Example

The Tutorial helps you to illustrate a example from SQL NOW( ) Function. In this Tutorial, we create a table 'Stu_Table' using create statement.

create table Stu_Table(Stu_Id varchar(2), Stu_Name varchar(15), 
Stu_Class  varchar(10), sub_id varchar(2), marks varchar(3));

Insert Data into Stu_Table

The insert into statement is used to add records or rows into the table 'Stu_Table'.

SQL statement to insert data into table:

insert into Stu_Table values(1,'Komal',10,1,45);
insert into Stu_Table values(2,'Ajay',10,1,56);
insert into Stu_Table values(3,'Rakesh',10,1,67);

insert into Stu_Table values(1,'Komal',10,2,47);
insert into Stu_Table values(2,'Ajay',10,2,53);
insert into Stu_Table values(3,'Rakesh',10,2,57);

insert into Stu_Table values(1,'Komal',10,3,45);
insert into Stu_Table values(2,'Ajay',10,3,56);
insert into Stu_Table values(3,'Rakesh',10,3,67);

insert into Stu_Table values(1,'Komal',10,4,65);
insert into Stu_Table values(2,'Ajay',10,4,56);
insert into Stu_Table values(3,'Rakesh',10,4,37);

insert into Stu_Table values(1,'Komal',10,5,65);
insert into Stu_Table values(2,'Ajay',10,5,46);
insert into Stu_Table values(3,'Rakesh',10,5,63);

Stu_Table

Records in the table:

+--------+----------+-----------+--------+-------+
| Stu_Id | Stu_Name | Stu_Class | sub_id | marks |
+--------+----------+-----------+--------+-------+
| 1      | Komal    | 10        | 1      | 45    |
| 2      | Ajay     | 10        | 1      | 56    |
| 3      | Rakesh   | 10        | 1      | 67    |
| 1      | Komal    | 10        | 2      | 47    |
| 2      | Ajay     | 10        | 2      | 53    |
| 3      | Rakesh   | 10        | 2      | 57    |
| 1      | Komal    | 10        | 3      | 45    |
| 2      | Ajay     | 10        | 3      | 56    |
| 3      | Rakesh   | 10        | 3      | 67    |
| 1      | Komal    | 10        | 4      | 65    |
| 2      | Ajay     | 10        | 4      | 56    |
| 3      | Rakesh   | 10        | 4      | 37    |
| 1      | Komal    | 10        | 5      | 65    |
| 2      | Ajay     | 10        | 5      | 46    |
| 3      | Rakesh   | 10        | 5      | 63    |
+--------+----------+-----------+--------+-------+

Query

In this example, the use of Now function is used to returns the current date and time according to your computer's date and time. The Now( ) function return you the current date and time in double precision .

select stu_id, stu_name, GROUP_CONCAT(marks) as marks, 
sum(marks)as total ,avg(marks) as per, now()
from stu_table group by stu_id

Result

+-------+--------+---------------+-------+----+--------------------+
|stu_id |stu_name |marks         | total| per | now()              |
+-------+---------+--------------+------+-----+--------------------+
| 1     | Komal   | 65,47,65,45  | 267  | 53.4| 2008-12-02 16:08:00|
| 2     | Ajay    | 16,53,56     | 267  | 53.4| 2008-12-02 16:08:00|
| 3     | Rakesh  | 57,37,67,63  | 291  | 58.2| 2008-12-02 16:08:00|
+-------+---------+--------------+------+-----+--------------------+

Query

The Select now ( ) provide the current date and time.

Select now();

Result

+---------------------+
| now()               |
+---------------------+
| 2008-12-02 16:09:34 |
+---------------------+

SQL NOW() Function

SQL NOW() Function

SQL NOW() Function

Now ( )

Tutorials