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The current-time function is used to return the current time.

Syntax

current-time()

Example

XQuery Expression

let $time := current-time()

return
<results>
   <time>{$time}</time>
</results>

Output

<results>
   <time>14:53:46.803+05:30</time>
</results>

Verify the Result

In order to test the above-mentioned functionality, replace the contents of books.xqy (mentioned in Environment Setup cchapter) with the above XQuery expression and execute the XQueryTester java program to verify the result.