Select date from my db without seconds using PHP MySql

Question

Well, I save the date\'s with minutes and second in my database.

And I want to check if the date from my db = to date today.

I read about this,

Answer 1

You just need simple conversion when you are having ur date in varchar. Your query should be like:

SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2015-08-21 12:35:15', '%Y-%M-%d %H:%i');

OUTPUT

2015-August-21 12:35