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title GETUTCDATE (Transact-SQL)
description GETUTCDATE (Transact-SQL)
author markingmyname
ms.author maghan
ms.date 12/02/2015
ms.prod sql
ms.technology t-sql
ms.topic reference
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system date and time [SQL Server]
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dates [SQL Server], system date and time
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GETUTCDATE (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE sql-asdb-asdbmi-asa-pdw]

Returns the current database system timestamp as a datetime value. The database time zone offset is not included. This value represents the current UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time). This value is derived from the operating system of the computer on which the instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] is running.

Note

SYSDATETIME and SYSUTCDATETIME have more fractional seconds precision than GETDATE and GETUTCDATE. SYSDATETIMEOFFSET includes the system time zone offset. SYSDATETIME, SYSUTCDATETIME, and SYSDATETIMEOFFSET can be assigned to a variable of any of the date and time types.

For an overview of all [!INCLUDEtsql] date and time data types and functions, see Date and Time Data Types and Functions (Transact-SQL).

Topic link icon Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

GETUTCDATE()

[!INCLUDEsql-server-tsql-previous-offline-documentation]

Return Types

datetime

Remarks

[!INCLUDEtsql] statements can refer to GETUTCDATE anywhere they can refer to a datetime expression.

GETUTCDATE is a nondeterministic function. Views and expressions that reference this function in a column cannot be indexed.

Examples

The following examples use the six [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] system functions that return current date and time to return the date, time or both. The values are returned in series; therefore, their fractional seconds might be different.

A. Getting the current system date and time

SELECT 'SYSDATETIME()      ', SYSDATETIME();  
SELECT 'SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()', SYSDATETIMEOFFSET();  
SELECT 'SYSUTCDATETIME()   ', SYSUTCDATETIME();  
SELECT 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP  ', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;  
SELECT 'GETDATE()          ', GETDATE();  
SELECT 'GETUTCDATE()       ', GETUTCDATE();  
/* Returned:  
SYSDATETIME()            2007-05-03 18:34:11.9351421  
SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()      2007-05-03 18:34:11.9351421 -07:00  
SYSUTCDATETIME()         2007-05-04 01:34:11.9351421  
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP        2007-05-03 18:34:11.933  
GETDATE()                2007-05-03 18:34:11.933  
GETUTCDATE()             2007-05-04 01:34:11.933  
*/

B. Getting the current system date

SELECT 'SYSDATETIME()      ', CONVERT (date, SYSDATETIME());  
SELECT 'SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()', CONVERT (date, SYSDATETIMEOFFSET());  
SELECT 'SYSUTCDATETIME()   ', CONVERT (date, SYSUTCDATETIME());  
SELECT 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP  ', CONVERT (date, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);  
SELECT 'GETDATE()          ', CONVERT (date, GETDATE());  
SELECT 'GETUTCDATE()       ', CONVERT (date, GETUTCDATE());  
  
/* Returned:   
SYSDATETIME()            2007-05-03  
SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()      2007-05-03  
SYSUTCDATETIME()         2007-05-04  
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP        2007-05-03  
GETDATE()                2007-05-03  
GETUTCDATE()             2007-05-04  
*/

C. Getting the current system time

SELECT 'SYSDATETIME()      ', CONVERT (time, SYSDATETIME());  
SELECT 'SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()', CONVERT (time, SYSDATETIMEOFFSET());  
SELECT 'SYSUTCDATETIME()   ', CONVERT (time, SYSUTCDATETIME());  
SELECT 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP  ', CONVERT (time, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);  
SELECT 'GETDATE()          ', CONVERT (time, GETDATE());  
SELECT 'GETUTCDATE()       ', CONVERT (time, GETUTCDATE());  
/* Returned  
SYSDATETIME()            18:25:01.6958841  
SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()      18:25:01.6958841  
SYSUTCDATETIME()         01:25:01.6958841  
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP        18:25:01.6930000  
GETDATE()                18:25:01.6930000  
GETUTCDATE()             01:25:01.6930000  
*/

See Also

CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL)
AT TIME ZONE (Transact-SQL)