Easy Q: Dummy table?

I have a need to print CURRENT variables from within a simple SQL file being piped to dbaccess. It is so that I can surround a SQL statement with two datetime selects to trace how long the SQL statement took to run. Is there a way just to "select CURRENT" so that it gets output along with the SQL results? IOW, I'm looking for the equivalent of a tableless select in Sybase (i.e., select sysdate()) or a DUMMY table select in Oracle (i.e., select to_date("MM-DD-YYY", now) from DUMMY). Thanks, Chad