Insert current date in datetime format mySQL

Question

I\'m having problems getting the date inserted properly into my database.

$date = date(\'m/d/Y h:i:s\', time());

I use this format, and, it

Answer 1

NOW() is used to insert the current date and time in the MySQL table. All fields with datatypes DATETIME, DATE, TIME & TIMESTAMP work good with this function.

YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS

Demonstration:

Following code shows the usage of NOW()

INSERT INTO auto_ins
(MySQL_Function, DateTime, Date, Time, Year, TimeStamp)
VALUES
(“NOW()”, NOW(), NOW(), NOW(), NOW(), NOW());