SQL Server equivalent of MySQL's NOW()?

Question

I\'m a MySQL guy working on a SQL Server project, trying to get a datetime field to show the current time. In MySQL I\'d use NOW() but it isn\'t accepting that.

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Answer 1

getdate() 

is the direct equivalent, but you should always use UTC datetimes

getutcdate()

whether your app operates across timezones or not - otherwise you run the risk of screwing up date math at the spring/fall transitions