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NOW
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The NOW() function returns the current date and time in the configured time zone.
Syntax
NOW()
NOW(n)Return Type
DATETIME
Arguments
-
n: Specifies fractional seconds precision in the returnedDATETIMEvalue.
Remarks
NOW() returns a datetime object.YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:DD
(string) or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
(numeric) format.
Fractional Seconds Precision
SingleStore Helios supports DATETIME type only with precision 0 and 6.
Example
The following NOW() function returns date and time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:DD
format.
SELECT NOW();
+------------------------------+
| NOW() |
+------------------------------+
| 2019-03-14 10:08:55 |
+------------------------------+The following NOW() function returns date and time in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
format.
SELECT NOW() + 0;
+------------------------------+
| NOW() + 0 |
+------------------------------+
| 20190316154840 |
+------------------------------+The following NOW() function returns date and time value to the sixth fractional second precision in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:DD.
format.
SELECT NOW(6);
+------------------------------+
| NOW(6) |
+------------------------------+
| 2019-03-19 09:54:05.915686 |
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