What's the best way to do following:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE created >= today;
Note: created is a datetime field.
SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE DATE(myDate) = DATE(NOW())
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If the column have index and a function is applied on the column then index doesn't work and full table scan occurs, causing really slow query.
Bad Query; This would ignore index on the column date_time
select * from users
where Date(date_time) > '2010-10-10'
To utilize index on column created of type datetime comparing with today/current date, the following method can be used.
Solution for OP:
select * from users
where created > CONCAT(CURDATE(), ' 23:59:59')
Sample to get data for today:
select * from users
where
created >= CONCAT(CURDATE(), ' 00:00:00') AND
created <= CONCAT(CURDATE(), ' 23:59:59')
Or use BETWEEN for short
select * from users
where created BETWEEN
CONCAT(CURDATE(), ' 00:00:00') AND CONCAT(CURDATE(), ' 23:59:59')
Tip: If you have to do a lot of calculation or queries on dates as well as time, then it's very useful to save date and time in separate columns. (Divide & Conquer)