Example: Requesting the Current Timestamp with a Time Zone String - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

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Lake
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February 2025
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The following queries return the current timestamp at the time zone displacement based on the time zone string, 'America Pacific'. The timestamp returned is automatically adjusted to account for the start and end of daylight saving time.

SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE 'America Pacific';
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AT 'America Pacific';