MySQL Tutorial/Date Time Functions/UTC TIME

UTC_TIME() returns the current UTC time.

The format is in "HH:MM:SS" or HHMMSS format, depending on whether the function is used in a string or numeric context.

mysql>
mysql> SELECT UTC_TIME(), UTC_TIME() + 0;
+------------+----------------+
| UTC_TIME() | UTC_TIME() + 0 |
+------------+----------------+
| 02:46:23   |   24623.000000 |
+------------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>