diff --git a/libsqlite3-sys/Cargo.toml b/libsqlite3-sys/Cargo.toml
index 476984f..7f0457d 100644
--- a/libsqlite3-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libsqlite3-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ min_sqlite_version_3_7_7 = ["pkg-config", "vcpkg"]
 unlock_notify = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
-bindgen = { version = "0.43", optional = true }
+bindgen = { version = "0.44", optional = true }
 pkg-config = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 cc = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/src/types/chrono.rs b/src/types/chrono.rs
index c5fbd41..776a55c 100644
--- a/src/types/chrono.rs
+++ b/src/types/chrono.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mod test {
     use super::chrono::{
         DateTime, Duration, Local, NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, NaiveTime, TimeZone, Utc,
     };
-    use crate::{Connection, NO_PARAMS};
+    use crate::{Connection, Result, NO_PARAMS};
 
     fn checked_memory_handle() -> Connection {
         let db = Connection::open_in_memory().unwrap();
@@ -263,4 +263,21 @@ mod test {
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(local, v);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sqlite_functions() {
+        let db = checked_memory_handle();
+        let result: Result<NaiveTime> =
+            db.query_row("SELECT CURRENT_TIME", NO_PARAMS, |r| r.get(0));
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+        let result: Result<NaiveDate> =
+            db.query_row("SELECT CURRENT_DATE", NO_PARAMS, |r| r.get(0));
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+        let result: Result<NaiveDateTime> =
+            db.query_row("SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP", NO_PARAMS, |r| r.get(0));
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+        let result: Result<DateTime<Utc>> =
+            db.query_row("SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP", NO_PARAMS, |r| r.get(0));
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/types/time.rs b/src/types/time.rs
index 53351d0..1fd0524 100644
--- a/src/types/time.rs
+++ b/src/types/time.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ extern crate time;
 use crate::types::{FromSql, FromSqlError, FromSqlResult, ToSql, ToSqlOutput, ValueRef};
 use crate::Result;
 
+const CURRENT_TIMESTAMP_FMT: &str = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S";
 const SQLITE_DATETIME_FMT: &str = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ";
 const SQLITE_DATETIME_FMT_LEGACY: &str = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S:%f %Z";
 
@@ -21,10 +22,13 @@ impl FromSql for time::Timespec {
         value
             .as_str()
             .and_then(|s| {
-                time::strptime(s, SQLITE_DATETIME_FMT).or_else(|err| {
-                    time::strptime(s, SQLITE_DATETIME_FMT_LEGACY)
-                        .or_else(|_| Err(FromSqlError::Other(Box::new(err))))
-                })
+                match s.len() {
+                    19 => time::strptime(s, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP_FMT),
+                    _ => time::strptime(s, SQLITE_DATETIME_FMT).or_else(|err| {
+                        time::strptime(s, SQLITE_DATETIME_FMT_LEGACY).or_else(|_| Err(err))
+                    }),
+                }
+                .or_else(|err| Err(FromSqlError::Other(Box::new(err))))
             })
             .map(|tm| tm.to_timespec())
     }
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ impl FromSql for time::Timespec {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::time;
-    use crate::{Connection, NO_PARAMS};
+    use crate::{Connection, Result, NO_PARAMS};
 
     fn checked_memory_handle() -> Connection {
         let db = Connection::open_in_memory().unwrap();
@@ -67,4 +71,12 @@ mod test {
             assert_eq!(from, ts);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sqlite_functions() {
+        let db = checked_memory_handle();
+        let result: Result<time::Timespec> =
+            db.query_row("SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP", NO_PARAMS, |r| r.get(0));
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+    }
 }