[CASSANDRA-13132] Add currentTimestamp and currentDate functions

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0-alpha1, 4.0
• Component/s: Legacy/CQL
• Assignee: Benjamin Lerer
• Reporter: Benjamin Lerer

Authors

Benjamin Lerer

Reviewers

Alex Petrov

• Created: 18/Jan/17 09:28
• Updated: 15/May/20 08:02
• Resolved: 07/Mar/17 16:52

Description

Today, the only way to get the current timestamp or date is to convert using the toTimestamp and toDate functions the output of now().