Determining the Current Time
CURDATE() Returns the current date, Synonym: CURRENT_DATE() CURTIME() Returns the current time as a string or an integer, depending on the context, e.g., '23:59:59' or 235959 (integer). Synonym: CURRENT_TIME() NOW() Returns the current time in the form '2005-12-31 23:59:59'. Synonyms: CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), LOCALTIME(), LOCALTIMESTAMP(), SYSDATE() UNIX_TIMESTAMP() Returns the current system time as a Unix timestamp (32-bit integer). UTC_DATE() Returns the date in Coordinated Universal Time. UTC_TIME() Returns the time in Coordinated Universal Time.
1. | Obtain the current hour, minute, and second by passing CURTIME() or NOW( ) to a time-component function |