Here is an explanation of how my table is set up (in sqlfiddle)
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/86a54d/2
Basically, I have two columns. One is a varchar and contains a name. The other is a datetime and contains a certain date with a time.
I want to select rows where the date in the datetime matches today's date. I have tried things like...
select * from alerts_to_send where date_to_send = now()
select * from alerts_to_send where date_to_send = curdate()
try this
select * from alerts_to_send
where DATE_FORMAT(date_to_send,'%m-%d-%Y') = DATE_FORMAT(now(),'%m-%d-%Y')