There are 8 ways to get the current time:
mysql>SELECT NOW() FROM DUAL;
mysql>SELECT CURRENT_TIME() FROM DUAL;
mysql>SELECT SYSDATE() FROM DUAL;
mysql>SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
mysql>SELECT LOCALTIME() FROM DUAL;
mysql>SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;
mysql>SELECT UTC_TIME() FROM DUAL;
mysql>SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP() FROM DUAL;