diff --git a/parser/mpFuncCommon.cpp b/parser/mpFuncCommon.cpp
index e342f12..2f28f58 100644
--- a/parser/mpFuncCommon.cpp
+++ b/parser/mpFuncCommon.cpp
@@ -703,11 +703,6 @@ MUP_NAMESPACE_START
     return new FunAddDays(*this);
   }
 
-  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  //
-  // class FunTimeDiff
-  //
-  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   //FunTimeDiff::FunTimeDiff()
   //  :ICallback(cmFUNC, _T("timediff"), -1)
@@ -808,6 +803,30 @@ MUP_NAMESPACE_START
   //                                                                             |
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  //                                                                             |
+  //                         Time auxiliar functions!                            |
+  //                                                                             |
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  int calculate_hour_offset(int original_hour, int gmt_offset) {
+    return ((original_hour + gmt_offset) % 24 + 24) % 24;
+  }
+
+  string_type format_time (struct tm time, int gmt_offset) {
+    char buffer[9];
+    int hours = calculate_hour_offset(time.tm_hour, gmt_offset);
+    snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%02d:%02d:%02d", hours, time.tm_min, time.tm_sec);
+
+    return std::string(buffer);
+  }
+
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  //
+  // class FunTimeDiff
+  //
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
   FunTimeDiff::FunTimeDiff()
     :ICallback(cmFUNC, _T("timediff"), -1)
   {}
@@ -856,6 +875,58 @@ MUP_NAMESPACE_START
     return new FunTimeDiff(*this);
   }
 
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  //                                                                             |
+  //            class FunCurrentTime                                             |
+  //            Usage: current_time()                                            |
+  //            Optional offset: current_time(-2)                                |
+  //                                                                             |
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  FunCurrentTime::FunCurrentTime()
+    :ICallback(cmFUNC, _T("current_time"), -1)
+  {}
+
+  void FunCurrentTime::Eval(ptr_val_type &ret, const ptr_val_type *a_pArg, int a_iArgc)
+  {
+    int gmt_offset = 0;
+    if (a_iArgc > 1) {
+      throw ParserError(ErrorContext(ecTOO_MANY_PARAMS, GetExprPos(), GetIdent()));
+    } else if (a_iArgc == 1) {
+      switch(a_pArg[0]->GetType())
+      {
+      case 'i': gmt_offset = a_pArg[0]->GetInteger();   break;
+      default:
+        {
+          ErrorContext err;
+          err.Errc = ecTYPE_CONFLICT_FUN;
+          err.Arg = 1;
+          err.Type1 = a_pArg[0]->GetType();
+          err.Type2 = 'i';
+          err.Ident = GetIdent();
+          throw ParserError(err);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    std::time_t t = std::time(0);
+    std::tm now = *std::gmtime(&t);
+
+    *ret = format_time(now, gmt_offset);
+  }
+
+  ////---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  const char_type* FunCurrentTime::GetDesc() const
+  {
+    return _T("current_time(offset) - Returns the current time in the HH:MM:SS format, applying the offset.");
+  }
+
+  ////---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  IToken* FunCurrentTime::Clone() const
+  {
+    return new FunCurrentTime(*this);
+  }
+
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //                                                                             |
   //            Functions for regex matching                                     |
diff --git a/parser/mpFuncCommon.h b/parser/mpFuncCommon.h
index 7f8406a..e2c4226 100644
--- a/parser/mpFuncCommon.h
+++ b/parser/mpFuncCommon.h
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ MUP_NAMESPACE_START
     virtual IToken* Clone() const override;
   }; // class FunTimeDiff
 
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  /** \brief Returns the current time in the HH:MM:SS format.
+      \ingroup functions
+  */
+  class FunCurrentTime : public ICallback
+  {
+  public:
+    FunCurrentTime();
+    virtual void Eval(ptr_val_type &ret, const ptr_val_type *a_pArg, int a_iArgc) override;
+    virtual const char_type* GetDesc() const override;
+    virtual IToken* Clone() const override;
+  }; // class FunCurrentTime
+
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   /** \brief Return the capture group of a regular expression.
       \ingroup functions
diff --git a/parser/mpPackageCommon.cpp b/parser/mpPackageCommon.cpp
index d3cb474..1add84c 100644
--- a/parser/mpPackageCommon.cpp
+++ b/parser/mpPackageCommon.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ void PackageCommon::AddToParser(ParserXBase *pParser)
 
   // Time functions
   pParser->DefineFun(new FunTimeDiff());
+  pParser->DefineFun(new FunCurrentTime());
 
   // misc
   pParser->DefineFun(new FunParserID);
diff --git a/tests.sh b/tests.sh
index c7c03f0..8fdf8e3 100755
--- a/tests.sh
+++ b/tests.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ exit" | ./example | grep -E "(ans =|Can't evaluate function/operator \".*\":)")
   esac
 }
 
+function match_regex() {
+  input="$1"
+  regex="$2"
+
+  output=$(echo "$input
+exit" | ./example | grep -E "(ans =|Can't evaluate function/operator \".*\":)")
+
+  if echo "$output" | egrep -q "$regex"; then
+    printf "\e[32mTest passed for input $input\e[0m\n"
+  else
+    printf "\e[31mTest failed for input $input: regex did not match\e[0m\n"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
 # Arithmetic tests
 test_eval "2 + 2" "4"
 test_eval "55 * 33" "1815"
@@ -184,6 +199,8 @@ test_eval 'timediff("02:00:00", "03:30:00")' '1.5'
 test_eval 'timediff("03:30:00", "02:00:00")' '22.5'
 test_eval 'timediff("02:00:00", "02:00:30")' '0.01'
 
+test_eval 'current_time("2")' "Argument 1 of function/operator \"current_time\" is of type 's' whereas type 'i' was expected."
+
 # Mask tests
 test_eval 'mask("000-000", 123456)' '"123-456"'
 test_eval 'mask("00000", 14)' '"00014"'
@@ -326,5 +343,12 @@ test_eval 'weekday("2019-03-21", "invalidlocale")' 'The chosen locale is not sup
 test_eval 'weekday("2024-32-21")' 'Invalid format on the parameter(s). Please use two "yyyy-mm-dd" for dates OR two "yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM" for date_times.'
 test_eval 'weekday("2024-09-17", "en", "one too many params")' 'Too many parameters passed to function "weekday".'
 
+# Regex match test
+match_regex 'current_time(5)' '\b([01]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\b'
+match_regex 'current_time()' '\b([01]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\b'
+match_regex 'current_time(-3)' '\b([01]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\b'
+match_regex 'current_time(-200)' '\b([01]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\b'
+
+
 echo "All tests passed!"