How Many Ways to Get the Current Time?

Answer

There are 8 ways to get the current time:

SELECT NOW() FROM DUAL;
2006-07-01 10:02:41

SELECT CURRENT_TIME() FROM DUAL;
10:02:58

SELECT SYSDATE() FROM DUAL;
2006-07-01 10:03:21

mysql> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
2006-07-01 10:04:03

SELECT LOCALTIME() FROM DUAL;
2006-07-01 10:07:37

mysql> SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
2006-07-01 10:08:08

mysql> SELECT UTC_TIME() FROM DUAL;
14:09:22

mysql> SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
2006-07-01 14:09:49