Question

I am new to postgreSQL and to my surprise there appears to be no single function equivalent to UTC_DATE() from MySQL.

I was able to get desired result using a combination of date & timezone functions but I am wondering what is the fastest way to do this.

I just want to get UTC date part, at 00:00:00 time of current day.

Answer 1

Use the time zone capability of PostgreSQL:

SELECT 
    CAST(NOW() at time zone 'utc' AS date);