Inserting NOW() value in datetime datatype is returning 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Question

I had a database that had a perfectly working NOW() function, displaying the right date. And after accidentally deleted it, I created a similar database, but when I inserted NOW

Answer 1

What you're inserting is the string "NOW()" which is completely different from the function call NOW().

As "NOW()" is not a valid date, it goes in as zero.

Removing the quotes from that should fix the issue.