current_timezone

Returns the current session local timezone.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see current_timezone function.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.current_timezone()

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: current session local timezone.

Examples

spark.conf.set("spark.sql.session.timeZone", "America/Los_Angeles")

+-------------------+
| current_timezone()|
+-------------------+
|America/Los_Angeles|
+-------------------+

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
spark.range(1).select(dbf.current_timezone()).show()
spark.conf.set("spark.sql.session.timeZone", "Asia/Shanghai")
spark.range(1).select(dbf.current_timezone()).show()
spark.conf.unset("spark.sql.session.timeZone")

+------------------+
|current_timezone()|
+------------------+
|     Asia/Shanghai|
+------------------+