CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() FUNCTION The MySQL CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function is used to get the current date and time. The various versions of MySQL support the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function, namely, MySQL 5.7, MySQL 5.6, MySQL 5.5, MySQL 5.1, MySQL 5.0, MySQL 4.1, MySQL 4.0 and MySQL 3.23.
Syntax:
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP( )
Example 1:
mysql> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP();
Output:
'2019-07-05 15:30:20'
Explanation:
The current date and time have been returned as a result.
Example 2:
mysql> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() + 2;
Output:
20190705153022.000000
Explanation:
The date and time value is 2 seconds after the current time has been returned as the result.
