current-time

Returns the current time. Note that this does not change during the execution of the query or transformation.

current-time() ➔ xs:time

There are no arguments

Result

xs:time

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.