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The CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function returns the current timestamp from the system's time-of-day clock.
The function is processed once at the beginning of execution of the SQL statement. A new value is not obtained with each reference or with each fetched row.
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
SELECT company, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP FROM customers WHERE company='dynamic' ... Dynamic Information Systems Corporation, 2003-01-24 14:45:04.00