You are looking at the documentation for Firebolt’s redesigned date and timestamp types. These types were introduced in DB version 3.19 under the names PGDATE, TIMESTAMPNTZ and TIMESTAMPTZ, and synonyms DATE, TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMPTZ made available in DB version 3.22.

If you worked with Firebolt before DB version 3.22, you might still be using the legacy date and timestamp types. Determine which types you are using by executing the query SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM DATE '2023-03-16');. If this query returns a result, you are using the redesigned date and timestamp types and can continue with this documentation. If this query returns an error, you are using the legacy date and timestamp types and can find legacy documentation here, or instructions to use the new types here.

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

Returns the current timestamp as a TIMESTAMPTZ value.

Syntax

The function can be called with or without parentheses:

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()

Return Type

TIMESTAMPTZ

Remarks

The function takes the current Unix timestamp (in the UTC time zone), and returns it as a TIMESTAMPTZ value.

Example

The following example assumes that the current Unix timestamp is 2023-03-03 14:42:31.123456 UTC.

SET time_zone = 'Europe/Berlin';
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;  --> 2023-03-03 15:42:31.123456+01

SET time_zone = 'America/New_York';
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;  --> 2023-03-03 09:42:31.123456-05