dbts-transact-sql.md

title	DBTS (Transact-SQL)
description	@@DBTS (Transact-SQL)
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	09/18/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
f1_keywords	@@DBTS_TSQL @@DBTS
helpviewer_keywords	@@DBTS function timestamp data type
dev_langs	TSQL

@@DBTS (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance FabricSQLDB]

This function returns the value of the current timestamp data type for the current database. The current database will have a guaranteed unique timestamp value.

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Syntax

@@DBTS  

Return types

varbinary

Remarks

@@DBTS returns the last-used timestamp value of the current database. An insert or update of a row with a timestamp column generates a new timestamp value.

Changes to the transaction isolation levels do not affect the @@DBTS function.

Examples

This example returns the current timestamp from the [!INCLUDEssSampleDBnormal] database.

USE AdventureWorks2022;  
GO  
SELECT @@DBTS;  

See also

Cursor Concurrency (ODBC)
Data Types (Transact-SQL)
MIN_ACTIVE_ROWVERSION (Transact-SQL)