Retrieve the current date and time from the database system.
| SELECT GETDATE(); |
The GETDATE() function returns the current date and time from the database system in the ‘YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm.mmm’ format.
Tip: Check out the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function as well.
| GETDATE() |
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Return type: |
datetime |
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Works in: |
SQL Server (from 2008 onward), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Parallel Data Warehouse |