# CURRENT\$1TIMESTAMP
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Returns the current database system timestamp (as defined on the environment on which Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is running) as a datetime value. 

For more information, see [CURRENT\$1TIME](sql-reference-current-time.md), [CURRENT\$1DATE](sql-reference-current-date.md), [LOCALTIME](sql-reference-localtime.md), [LOCALTIMESTAMP](sql-reference-local-timestamp.md),  and [CURRENT\$1ROW\$1TIMESTAMP](sql-reference-current-row-timestamp.md).

## Example
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```
+--------------------+
| CURRENT_TIMESTAMP  |
+--------------------+
| 20:52:05           |
+--------------------+
```