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