CURRENT TIME FUNCTIONS

Function	Description
NOW()	Returns the current time (UTC)
UTC_TIMESTAMP()	Synonym for NOW()
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()	Synonym for NOW()

NOW

You can call NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP() or CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() to get the current time. All time in Drizzle is UTC.

drizzle> select NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP(), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
              now(): 2013-08-08 06:11:41.442568
    UTC_timestamp(): 2013-08-08 06:11:41.442568
current_timestamp(): 2013-08-08 06:11:41.442568
1 row in set (0.000468 sec)