Getting system time from SQL

Hi All
Does anyone know how to call the current system time
(using transact) and then write that data into a table?
Thanks
JUPDATE table SET curtime = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
OR
UPDATE table SET curtime = GETDATE()
Kurt
"J" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All
> Does anyone know how to call the current system time
> (using transact) and then write that data into a table?
> Thanks
> J