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Current functions return a value that represents a current
DATE, TIME, or DATETIME. The value returned is a string with the
format of a DATE, TIME, or DATETIME data type. Scope |    |  
 SQL Data Manipulation Statements SQL Syntax |    |  
   {CURRENT_DATE
   CURRENT_TIME
   CURRENT_DATETIME} |  
 Description |    |  
 CURRENT_DATE returns
the current date as a string of the form 'YYYY-MM-DD', where YYYY
represents the year, MM is the month, and DD is the day. CURRENT_TIME returns the current time as a string
of the form 'HH:MI:SS', where HH represents hours, MI is minutes,
and SS is seconds. CURRENT_DATETIME returns the current date and time
as a string of the form 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS.FFF', where YYYY represents
the year, MM is the month, DD is the day, HH represents the hours,
MI the minutes, SS the seconds, and FFF the thousandths of a second. 
 Examples |    |  
 Set a column to the current DATE.    UPDATE ManufDB.TestData
      SET TestDate = CURRENT_DATE
    WHERE BatchStamp = '1984-07-25 10:15:58.159' |  
 Set a column to the current DATETIME.    UPDATE ManufDB.SupplyBatches
      SET BatchStamp = CURRENT_DATETIME
    WHERE BatchStamp = '1984-07-25 10:15:58.159' |  
  
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