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Getting the Current Date and Time in MySQL

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MySQL provides a NOW()?function that returns the current date and time when executed.

Command:

SELECT NOW() AS 'CURRENT DATE AND TIME';

Expected output:

+-------------------------+|CURRENT DATE AND TIME    |+-------------------------+|    2018-03-20 19:22:17  |+-------------------------+

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