fn:current-dateTime

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

current-dateTime() ➔ xs:dateTimeStamp

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

Saxon availability

Available in XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0, and later versions. Available in all Saxon editions.