UTCNOW function in Amazon QLDB
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In Amazon QLDB, use the UTCNOW function to return the current time in
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) as a timestamp.
Syntax
UTCNOW()
This function requires that you specify a FROM clause in a
SELECT query.
Arguments
None
Return type
timestamp
Examples
SELECT UTCNOW() FROM << 0 >> -- 2019-12-27T20:12:16.999Z SELECT UTCNOW() FROM Person WHERE GovId = 'LEWISR261LL' -- 2019-12-27T20:12:26.999Z INSERT INTO Person VALUE { 'firstName': 'Jane', 'createdAt': UTCNOW() } UPDATE Person p SET p.updatedAt = UTCNOW() WHERE p.firstName = 'John'
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