สามารถทำได้โดยใช้ CURDATE() หรือ NOW() ในการสืบค้น MySQL ดังนี้ -
mysql> Insert into year1(Year_Copyright) values (CURDATE()); Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.06 sec) mysql> Select * from year1; +----------------+ | Year_Copyright | +----------------+ | 2017 | | 2017 | +----------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Insert into year1(Year_Copyright) values (NOW()); Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.06 sec) mysql> Select * from year1; +----------------+ | Year_Copyright | +----------------+ | 2017 | | 2017 | | 2017 | +----------------+ 1 rows in set (0.00 sec)