create table t (a int) with system versioning; insert into t values (1); update t set a=2; select * from t; a 2 show variables where Variable_name like "temporal_current_timestamp%"; Variable_name Value temporal_current_timestamp now set global temporal_current_timestamp = '2031-1-1 0:0:0'; select * from t; a 2 set global temporal_current_timestamp = '2011-1-1 0:0:0'; select * from t; a set global temporal_current_timestamp = 'all'; select * from t; a 2 1 show variables where Variable_name like "temporal_current_timestamp%"; Variable_name Value temporal_current_timestamp all create view vt as select * from t; select * from t; a 2 1 drop view vt; select * from (select * from t) as tt; a 2 1 set session temporal_current_timestamp = 'now'; ERROR HY000: Variable 'temporal_current_timestamp' is a GLOBAL variable and should be set with SET GLOBAL drop table t; set global temporal_current_timestamp = 'now';