GETUTCDATE (Transact-SQL)

Returns the datetime value that represents the current UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time or Greenwich Mean Time). The current UTC time is derived from the current local time and the time zone setting in the operating system of the computer on which the instance of Microsoft SQL Server is running.

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Syntax

GETUTCDATE()

Return Types

datetime

Remarks

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

See Also

Reference

GETDATE (Transact-SQL)
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP (Transact-SQL)

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