--CURRENT_DATE

SELECT CURRENT_DATE, SYSDATE
FROM dual;

SELECT TO_CHAR(CURRENT_DATE, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI:SS') AS CDATE, 
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI:SS') AS SDATE
FROM dual;


SELECT CURRENT_DATE,
TRUNC(CURRENT_DATE) AS trunc_today,
TRUNC(CURRENT_DATE)-1 AS trunc_yesterday
FROM dual;


--Example 1
SELECT CURRENT_DATE
FROM dual;

--Example 2
SELECT TO_CHAR(CURRENT_DATE, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI:SS') AS CDATE
FROM dual;

http://www.databasestar.com/oracle-current_date/

A few examples of the Oracle CURRENT_DATE function.

Oracle CURRENT_DATE Function

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