localtimestamp

Returns the current timestamp without time zone at the start of query evaluation as a timestamp without time zone column. All calls of localtimestamp within the same query return the same value.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.localtimestamp()

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: current local date and time.

Examples

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.range(1).select(dbf.localtimestamp()).show(truncate=False)

+-----------------------+
|localtimestamp()       |
+-----------------------+
|2022-08-26 21:28:34.639|
+-----------------------+