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# ETL: CurrentTime

> Return the UTC datetime value for when the current job was submitted. Use CURRENTTIME for consistent job-level timestamps across all records.

## Description

Returns the ISO DateTime value (UTC time zone) for when a job was submitted. This means the value will be the same for all records in that job. Use ClockTime() to get an exact DateTime value for when the function was called per record.

## Syntax

`CurrentTime()`

## Examples

`CurrentTime()` returns current time in UTC Time Zone (Eg: 2019-09-30T16:38:45.979Z).

## Return value datatype

DateTime