If you want get the current date and time without timezone, you can cast it explicitly as follows:
SELECT NOW()::timestamp;
now
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2017-03-17 18:37:29.229991
(1 row)
Code language: SQL (Structured Query Language) (sql)
SELECT CURRENT_DATE;
SELECT NOW();
now
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2017-03-18 08:21:36.175627+07