CURRENT_DATE function The CURRENT_DATE function returns the current date; the value returned does not change if it is executed more than once in a single statement. CURRENT_DATE function

This means the value is fixed even if there is a long delay between fetching rows in a cursor.

Syntax CURRENT_DATE

or, alternately

CURRENT DATE
Example -- find available future flights: SELECT * FROM Flightavailability where flight_date > CURRENT_DATE;