XQuery current-date Function

How to use the XQuery current-date() function to retrieve the current date in XML/XQuery processing, including syntax and practical examples.

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

current-date()

Example

XQuery Expressionxquery

let $date := current-date()

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

Outputxml

<results>
   <date>2022-10-05+02:00</date>
</results>