ReferenceSQL FunctionsDate and timecurrent_timezoneVersion: Latest-4.1On this pageCopy as MarkdownView as Markdown/docs/sql-reference/sql-functions/date-time-functions/current_timezone.mdOpen in ClaudeOpen in ChatGPTBrowse all docs as Markdown/llms.txtcurrent_timezone Obtains the current time zone and returns a value of the VARCHAR type. Syntaxβ VARCHAR CURRENT_TIMETIME() Examplesβ MySQL > select current_timezone();+---------------------+| current_timezone() |+---------------------+| America/Los_Angeles |+---------------------+