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NOW

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Updated at November 6, 2024

SyntaxSyntax

NOW()

DescriptionDescription

Returns the current date and time, depending on the data source and connection type.

Return type: Datetime

Note

On YQL, the function always returns the UTC date and time.

ExampleExample

NOW() = #2019-01-23 12:53:07#

Data source supportData source support

ClickHouse 21.8, Files, Google Sheets, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (14.0), MySQL 5.7, Oracle Database 12c (12.1), PostgreSQL 9.3, Yandex Documents, YDB.

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