current_timestamp

Returns the current timestamp at the start of query evaluation as a TimestampType column. All calls of current_timestamp within the same query return the same value.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see current_timestamp function.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.current_timestamp()

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: current date and time.

Examples

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