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Version: Latest-3.4

current_timestamp

Obtains the current date and returns a value if the DATETIME type.

This function is a synonym of the now() function.

Syntax​

DATETIME CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()

Examples​

Example 1: Return the current time.

MySQL > select current_timestamp();
+---------------------+
| current_timestamp() |
+---------------------+
| 2019-05-27 15:59:33 |
+---------------------+

Example 2: When you create a table, you can use this function for a column so that current time is the default value of the column.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sr_member (
    sr_id            INT,
    name             STRING,
    city_code        INT,
    reg_date         DATETIME DEFAULT current_timestamp,
    verified         BOOLEAN
);

keyword​

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,CURRENT,TIMESTAMP