>Thanks for that Sergey.
>probably i did not understand it correctly.I used the programs and Looks like it returns UTC time .
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>i ran the program and for the following call
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>x=utc_time(DATETIME()) && my datetime is 14/12/2005 04:20:22 PM
>it returns 14/12/2005 03:20:26 AM
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>am still wondering how do i get GMT value from this one ?

UTC and GMT are the same.