How to get current date & time in MySQL?

Question

Is there a value or command like DATETIME that I can use in a manual query to insert the current date and time?

INSERT INTO servers (
  server_name, online_         


        

Answer 1

Even though there are many accepted answers, I think this way is also possible:

Create your 'servers' table as following :

CREATE TABLE `servers`
(
      id int(11) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY auto_increment,
      server_name varchar(45) NOT NULL,
      online_status varchar(45) NOT NULL,
      _exchange varchar(45) NOT NULL, 
      disk_space varchar(45) NOT NULL,
      network_shares varchar(45) NOT NULL,
      date_time datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);

And your INSERT statement should be :

INSERT INTO servers (server_name, online_status, _exchange, disk_space, network_shares)
VALUES('m1', 'ONLINE', 'ONLINE', '100GB', 'ONLINE');

My Environment:

Core i3 Windows Laptop with 4GB RAM, and I did the above example on MySQL Workbench 6.2 (Version 6.2.5.0 Build 397 64 Bits)

Answer 2

Yes, you can use the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() command.

See here: Date and Time Functions

Answer 3

In database design, iIhighly recommend using Unixtime for consistency and indexing / search / comparison performance.

UNIX_TIMESTAMP() 

One can always convert to human readable formats afterwards, internationalizing as is individually most convenient.

FROM_ UNIXTIME (unix_timestamp, [format ])

Answer 4

İf you make change default value to CURRENT_TIMESTAMP it is more effiency,

ALTER TABLE servers MODIFY COLUMN network_shares datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;