SQL GETUTCDATE Function

Example

Return the current UTC date and time:

SELECT GETUTCDATE();

Definition and Usage

The GETUTCDATE() function returns the current database system UTC date and time, in a ‘YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.mmm’ format.

Syntax

GETUTCDATE()

Technical Details

Return type: datetime
Works in: SQL Server (starting with 2008), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse