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CURRENT Function
The CURRENT function returns a value of type TIMESTAMP based on the current local date
and time. You can also use
CURRENT [(precision)]
precision
is an integer value in the range 0 to 6 that specifies the precision of (the number of decimal
places in) the fractional seconds in the returned value. The default is 6.
For example, the function CURRENT (2) returns the current date and time as a value of data
type TIMESTAMP, where the precision of the fractional seconds is 2—for example, 1997-06-26
09:01:20.89. The value returned is not a string value.
Example of CURRENT
The PROJECT table contains a column SHIP_TIMESTAMP of data type TIMESTAMP. Update
a row by using the CURRENT value:
UPDATE persnl.project
SET ship_timestamp = CURRENT
WHERE projcode = 1000;
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SQL Functions and Expressions
"CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Function" (page
316).
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