CURRENT_DATE function

CURRENT_DATE returns a date in the current session time zone (UTC by default) in the default format: YYYY-MM-DD.

Note

CURRENT_DATE returns the start date for the current transaction, not for the start of the current statement. Consider the scenario where you start a transaction containing multiple statements on 10/01/08 23:59, and the statement containing CURRENT_DATE runs at 10/02/08 00:00. CURRENT_DATE returns 10/01/08, not 10/02/08.

Syntax

CURRENT_DATE

Return type

DATE

Examples

The following example returns the current date.

select current_date;
   date
------------
2008-10-01
(1 row)