How to select current date in Hive SQL

Question

How do we get the current system date in Hive? In MySQL we have select now(), can any one please help me to get the query results. I am very new to Hive, is there a proper d

Answer 1

select from_unixtime(unix_timestamp(current_date, 'yyyyMMdd'),'yyyy-MM-dd');

current_date - current date

yyyyMMdd - my systems current date format;

yyyy-MM-dd - if you wish to change the format to a diff one.