How to select only date from a DATETIME field in MySQL?

Question

I have a table in the MySQL database that is set up with DATETIME. I need to SELECT in this table only by DATE and excluding the time.

How d

Answer 1

Try to use
for today:

SELECT * FROM `tbl_name` where DATE(column_name) = CURDATE()

for selected date:

SELECT * FROM `tbl_name` where DATE(column_name) = DATE('2016-01-14')