snowflake.snowpark.functions.getdate

snowflake.snowpark.functions.getdate() → Column[source] (https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowpark-python/blob/v1.39.1/src/snowflake/snowpark/_functions/scalar_functions.py#L319-L337)

Returns the current timestamp for the system in the local time zone.

Parameters:

_emit_ast (bool, optional) – Whether to emit the abstract syntax tree (AST). Defaults to True.

Returns:

A Column with the current date and time.

Example:

>>> df = session.create_dataframe([1], schema=["a"])
>>> result = df.select(getdate()).collect()
>>> import datetime
>>> assert isinstance(result[0]["GETDATE()"], datetime.datetime)
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