Expression mysql NOW() in Doctrine QueryBuilder
How to use the expression mysql NOW() in doctrine querybuilder? Mats Rietdijk In Doctrine2 you have to use one of the following instead of NOW() . This: CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() Or: ... createQuery(...'WHERE x.date = :now') ->setParameter('now', new \DateTime('now')) ... If you want only time or only date use one of those: CURRENT_TIME() and CURRENT_DATE() Documentation can be found here . Using query builder it would look like this: $qb ->select('B') ->from('RandomBundle:Banana', 'B') ->where( $qb->expr()->gt('B.expiresAt', ':now') ) ->setParameter('now', '\'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()\''); Note: extra