MySQL CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() Function

The MySQL CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() function returns the current date and time. It returns the current date and time in the following format:

• Returns the current date and time as a 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' format, if used in a string context.
• Returns the current date and time as a YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.uuuuuu format, if used in a numeric context.

The CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), LOCALTIME(), and LOCALTIMESTAMP() functions are a synonyms for the NOW() function.

Syntax

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the current date and time.

Example 1:

The example below shows the usage of CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() function.

mysql> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP();
Result: '2021-12-27 05:11:57'

mysql> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() + 0;
Result: 20211227051157

mysql> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() + 1;
Result: 20211227051158

Example 2:

Consider a database table called EmployeeLogin with the following records:

To insert a new record in this table, the following statement can be used.

INSERT INTO EmployeeLogin 
VALUES (6, 'Suresh', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP());

-- see the result
SELECT * FROM EmployeeLogin;

This will produce a result similar to: