CODE EXAMPLE FOR SQL

get server date mysql

SELECT NOW() FROM DUAL;
   2006-07-01 10:02:41 

SELECT CURRENT_TIME() FROM DUAL;
   10:02:58

SELECT SYSDATE() FROM DUAL;
   2006-07-01 10:03:21 

mysql> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
   2006-07-01 10:04:03 

SELECT LOCALTIME() FROM DUAL;
   2006-07-01 10:07:37 

mysql> SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
   2006-07-01 10:08:08 

mysql> SELECT UTC_TIME() FROM DUAL;
   14:09:22 

mysql> SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
   2006-07-01 14:09:49