Get closest date from MySQL table

Question

I need to get the closest date to current date from a MySQL table.

This is my table:

id        | date          | name
1         | 2012-10-29    | tes         


        

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM `your_table` WHERE ABS(DATEDIFF(`date`, NOW()));

Returns:

'1', '2012-10-29 00:00:00', 'test'