$sql = "SELECT NOW()";
  $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) or die "Error:" . $dbh->errstr . "\n";
  $sth->execute() or die "Error:" . $sth->errstr . "\n";
  while(my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) { print Dumper($row); }

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Error:no such function: NOW(1) at dbdimp.c line 263

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$dbh->func( 'now', 0, sub { return time }, 'create_function' );