𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐐𝐋, 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂#
Time is a cornerstone of programming and database management. Whether it’s for logging, timestamping, or scheduling, accurately capturing the essence of now is indispensable. Let’s dive into the simplest ways to grab the current timestamp in SQL, #PowerShell, and #csharp, along with tips for formatting dates and times to specific needs.
𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞!

𝐒𝐐𝐋: 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝:
In the SQL universe, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP offers a universal solution to time capturing.

𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩:
𝑠𝑞𝑙
𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃_𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙼𝙿;

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝑠𝑞𝑙
𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙰𝚃(𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃_𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙼𝙿, ’𝚍𝚍.𝙼𝙼𝙼.𝚢𝚢𝚢𝚢’, ’𝚎𝚗–𝚐𝚋’) 𝙰𝚂 𝙴𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚗𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎;

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟒-𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝑠𝑞𝑙
𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚃(𝚅𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁, 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃_𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙼𝙿, 𝟷𝟶𝟾) 𝙰𝚂 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎𝟸𝟺𝙷;

𝐓-𝐒𝐐𝐋: 𝐒𝐐𝐋 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲
SQL Server aficionados often lean on GETDATE() for a touch of specificity.
𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩:
𝑠𝑞𝑙
𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃 𝙶𝙴𝚃𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴();

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝑠𝑞𝑙
𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙰𝚃(𝙶𝙴𝚃𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴(), ’𝚍𝚍.𝙼𝙼𝙼.𝚢𝚢𝚢𝚢’, ’𝚎𝚗–𝚐𝚋’) 𝙰𝚂 𝙴𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚗𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎;

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟒-𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝑠𝑞𝑙
𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚃(𝚅𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁, 𝙶𝙴𝚃𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴(), 𝟷𝟶𝟾) 𝙰𝚂 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎𝟸𝟺𝙷;

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥
PowerShell’s Get-Date cmdlet handles date and time operations.

𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩:
𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙
𝙶𝚎𝚝–𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙
𝙶𝚎𝚝–𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎 –𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝 ’𝚍𝚍.𝙼𝙼𝙼.𝚢𝚢𝚢𝚢’

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟒-𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙
𝙶𝚎𝚝–𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎 –𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝 ’𝙷𝙷:𝚖𝚖:𝚜𝚜’

𝐂#: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
C# utilizes DateTime.Now for moment capturing.

𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩:
𝑐𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑝
𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎.𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎(𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎.𝙽𝚘𝚠);

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝑐𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑝
𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎.𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎(𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎.𝙽𝚘𝚠.𝚃𝚘𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐(“𝚍𝚍.𝙼𝙼𝙼.𝚢𝚢𝚢𝚢”));

𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟒-𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭:
𝚌𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙
𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎.𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎(𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎.𝙽𝚘𝚠.𝚃𝚘𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐(“𝙷𝙷:𝚖𝚖:𝚜𝚜”));

𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤
In SQL, PowerShell, and C#, dealing with time is a necessity. These streamlined one-liners not only allow you to capture the current timestamp but also to format it for any specific requirement.