now()

Returns the current system date as a bigdatetime value.

Syntax

now ()

Usage

Returns the current system date as a bigdatetime value. The function has no arguments, and the function returns a bigdatetime. This function works the same as sysbigdatetime().

Example

now() on March 3, 2010, at 12:34:34:059111 returns 2010-03-03 12:34:34:059111.