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Many Ways to Get the Current Time.

There are 8 ways to get the current time:


mysql>SELECT NOW() FROM DUAL;

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mysql>SELECT CURRENT_TIME() FROM DUAL;

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mysql>SELECT SYSDATE() FROM DUAL;

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mysql>SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;

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mysql>SELECT LOCALTIME() FROM DUAL;

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mysql>SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;

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mysql>SELECT UTC_TIME() FROM DUAL;

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mysql>SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;

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