MySQL Tutorial/Date Time Functions/UTC DATE

UTC_DATE() returns the current UTC date

The format is in "YYYY-MM-DD" or YYYYMMDD format, depending on whether the function is used in a string or numeric context.

mysql>
mysql> SELECT UTC_DATE(), UTC_DATE() + 0;
+------------+----------------+
| UTC_DATE() | UTC_DATE() + 0 |
+------------+----------------+
| 2007-07-23 |       20070723 |
+------------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>