Here, now() represents the current date. To check whether it falls between two specific dates, you need to use the BETWEEN. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( FirstDate datetime, SecondDate datetime ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-04-01','2019-05-02'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-05-28','2019-06-04'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.27 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2016-01-31','2019-03-01'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
Output
+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | FirstDate | SecondDate | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2019-04-01 00 :00 :00 | 2019-05-02 00 :00 :00 | | 2019-05-28 00 :00 :00 | 2019-06-04 00 :00 :00 | | 2016-01-31 00 :00 :00 | 2019-03-01 00 :00 :00 | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to check now() falls between two specific dates −
mysql> select *from DemoTable where now() BETWEEN FirstDate AND SecondDate;
Output
+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | FirstDate | SecondDate | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2019-05-28 00 :00 :00 | 2019-06-04 00 :00 :00 | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)