pyspark.sql.functions.current_time#

pyspark.sql.functions.current_time(precision=None)[source]#

Returns the current time at the start of query evaluation as a TimeType column. All calls of current_time within the same query return the same value.

New in version 4.1.0.

Parameters

precision: literal int, optional: number in the range [0..6], indicating how many fractional digits of seconds to include. If omitted, the default is 6.

Returns

Column: current time.

See also

pyspark.sql.functions.current_date()
pyspark.sql.functions.current_timestamp()

Examples

Example 1: Current time with default precision

>>> from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
>>> spark.range(1).select(sf.current_time().alias("time")).show() 
+---------------+
|           time|
+---------------+
|16:57:04.304361|
+---------------+

Example 2: Current time with specified precision

>>> from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
>>> spark.range(1).select(sf.current_time(3).alias("time")).show() 
+------------+
|        time|
+------------+
|16:57:04.304|
+------------+