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How to get current date with format YYYYMMSS in DB2??

To get the current date, time, and timestamp using SQL in DB2, reference to use below sql statment
db2 => select current date from sysibm.sysdummy1

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08/29/2013

1 record(s) selected.

db2 => select current time from sysibm.sysdummy1

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16:59:01

1 record(s) selected.

db2 => select current timestamp from sysibm.sysdummy1

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2013-08-29-16.37.35.960388

1 record(s) selected.


How to custom date/time formatting?
The easy way to do this is use VARCHAR_FORMATscalar function
db2 => select varchar_format(current timestamp, 'YYYYMMDD') from sysibm.sysdummy1

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20130829

1 record(s) selected.