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Version: 3.2

utc_timestamp

Description

Returns the current UTC date and time as a value in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' or 'YYYYMMDDHHMMSS' format depending on the usage of the function, for example, in a string or numeric context.

Syntax

DATETIME UTC_TIMESTAMP()

Examples

MySQL > select utc_timestamp(),utc_timestamp() + 1;
+---------------------+---------------------+
| utc_timestamp() | utc_timestamp() + 1 |
+---------------------+---------------------+
| 2019-07-10 12:31:18 | 20190710123119 |
+---------------------+---------------------+

utc_timestamp() + N means adding N seconds to the current time.

keyword

UTC_TIMESTAMP,UTC,TIMESTAMP