Returns the datetime value representing the current UTC time (Universal Time Coordinate or Greenwich Mean Time). The current UTC time is derived from the current local time and the time zone setting in the operating system of the computer on which SQL Server is running.

Syntax

GETUTCDATE()

Return Types

datetime

Remarks

GETUTCDATE is a nondeterministic function. Views and expressions that reference this column cannot be indexed.

GETUTCDATE cannot be called inside a user-defined function.