Selecting entries by date - >= NOW(), MySQL

Question

I have a Calendar of Events table and I would like to select events with dates equal to or greater than today. When I use the following SELECT statement, it only retrieves e

Answer 1

Here's the difference between CURDATE and NOW:

mysql> select CURDATE();
+------------+
| CURDATE()  |
+------------+
| 2017-03-17 |
+------------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> select NOW();
+---------------------+
| NOW()               |
+---------------------+
| 2017-03-17 09:04:45 |
+---------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

I always use NOW just to be accurate