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        Function
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        Returns
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        CURRENT_DATE()
        
       
        [ODBC 3.0 only]
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        Current date.
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        CURRENT_TIME[(time-precision)]
        
       
        [ODBC 3.0 only]
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        Current local time. The time-precision argument determines the seconds precision of the returned value.
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        CURRENT_TIMESTAMP([timestamp-precision])
        
       
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        Current local date and local time as a timestamp value. The timestamp-precision argument determines the seconds precision of the returned timestamp.
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        CURDATE()
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        Current date as a date value.
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        CURTIME()
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        Current local time as a time value.
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        DAYNAME(date_exp)
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        Character string containing a data-source-specific name of the day for the day portion of date_exp.
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        DAYOFMONTH(date_exp)
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        Day of the month in date_exp as an integer value (1–31).
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        DAYOFWEEK(date_exp)
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        Day of the week in date_exp as an integer value (1–7).
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        DAYOFYEAR(date_exp)
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        Day of the year in date_exp as an integer value (1–366).
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        EXTRACT({YEAR | MONTH | DAY | HOUR | MINUTE | SECOND} FROM datetime_value)
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        Any of the date and time terms can be extracted from datetime_value.
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        HOUR(time_exp)
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        Hour in time_exp as an integer value (0–23).
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        MINUTE(time_exp)
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        Minute in time_exp as an integer value (0–59).
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        MONTH(date_exp)
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        Month in date_exp as an integer value (1–12).
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        MONTHNAME(date_exp)
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        Character string containing the data source-specific name of the month.
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        NOW()
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        Current date and time as a timestamp value.
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        QUARTER(date_exp)
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        Quarter in date_exp as an integer value (1–4).
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        SECOND(time_exp)
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        Second in date_exp as an integer value (0–59).
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        TIMESTAMPADD(interval, integer_exp, time_exp)
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        Timestamp calculated by adding integer_exp intervals of type interval to time_exp. interval can be one of the following values:
        
       
        SQL_TSI_FRAC_SECOND
        
       
        SQL_TSI_SECOND
        
       
        SQL_TSI_MINUTE
        
       
        SQL_TSI_HOUR
        
       
        SQL_TSI_DAY
        
       
        SQL_TSI_WEEK
        
       
        SQL_TSI_MONTH
        
       
        SQL_TSI_QUARTER
        
       
        SQL_TSI_YEAR
        
       
        Fractional seconds are expressed in billionths of a second.
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        TIMESTAMPDIFF(interval, time_exp1, time_exp2)
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        Integer number of intervals of type interval by which time_exp2 is greater than time_exp1. interval has the same values as TIMESTAMPADD. Fractional seconds are expressed in billionths of a second.
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        WEEK(date_exp)
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        Week of the year in date_exp as an integer value (1–53).
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        YEAR(date_exp)
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        Year in date_exp. The range is data-source dependent.
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