compare field with current date

meadow_ryan

I'm trying to compare a field birth_date which I have converted to just show the month and day as DATE_FORMAT(`birth_date`,'%m/%d') with the current date to only return the records where their birthdate = the current day I tried the following but didn't work

 

if DATE_FORMAT(`birth_date`,'%m/%d') = DATE_FORMAT(CURRENT_DATE(), '%m/%d') THEN 'Yes' else 'No'

 

 

any help would be appreciated.

AS

Looks basically ok to me.  Maybe try a case statement instead.
CASE

WHEN

DATE_FORMAT(`birth_date`,'%m/%d') = DATE_FORMAT(CURRENT_DATE(), '%m/%d')

THEN 'Yes'

ELSE 'No'

END

 

If that doesn't work, replace the date logic with something like 

month(`birth_date`) = month(current_date()) and dayofmonth(`birth_date`) = dayofmonth(current_date())

BlueRooster

You'll want to use a CASE WHEN statement like this:

CASE WHEN DATE_FORMAT(`birth_date`,'%m/%d') = DATE_FORMAT(CURRENT_DATE(), '%m/%d') THEN 'Yes' else 'No' END

Give that a shot and let me know if you need anything else,

Valiant_Ronin

 

 

BlueRooster

You'll want to use a CASE WHEN statement like this:

CASE WHEN DATE_FORMAT(`birth_date`,'%m/%d') = DATE_FORMAT(CURRENT_DATE(), '%m/%d') THEN 'Yes' else 'No' END

Give that a shot and let me know if you need anything else,

Valiant_Ronin

 

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AS

Looks basically ok to me.  Maybe try a case statement instead.
CASE

WHEN

DATE_FORMAT(`birth_date`,'%m/%d') = DATE_FORMAT(CURRENT_DATE(), '%m/%d')

THEN 'Yes'

ELSE 'No'

END

 

If that doesn't work, replace the date logic with something like 

month(`birth_date`) = month(current_date()) and dayofmonth(`birth_date`) = dayofmonth(current_date())

meadow_ryan

I got it...just as you suggested...thanks