# CURRENT\$1TIME
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Returns the current Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics system time when the query executes. Time is in UTC, not the local time zone.

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

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