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MaxCompute:CURRENT_TIMEZONE

Last Updated:Nov 22, 2025

The CURRENT_TIMEZONE function returns the time zone of the current project.

Syntax

STRING CURRENT_TIMEZONE()

-- A standard example.
-- Returns Asia/Shanghai.
SELECT CURRENT_TIMEZONE();

Return value

Returns a value of the STRING type.

Examples

-- Returns Asia/Shanghai.
SELECT CURRENT_TIMEZONE();

-- Change the project time zone to UTC.
SET odps.sql.timezone=Etc/GMT;

-- Returns Etc/GMT.
SELECT CURRENT_TIMEZONE();

Related functions

CURRENT_TIMEZONE is a date function. For more information about functions related to date calculation and conversion, see Date functions.