MySQL get time of a specific timezone

Question

I need to get the time of a specific timezone using MySQL.

I tried using CONVERT_TZ , but it takes 3 arguments, is there any other MySQL function which will return time instead of converting time from one timezone to another?

Answer 1

Either of these will work:

Option 1:

SET time_zone = 'America/New_York';
SELECT NOW();

Option 2:

SELECT CONVERT_TZ(UTC_TIMESTAMP(),'UTC','America/New_York');