How can I get the current time in GMT rather than local time?

A. Use this code (courtesy of Microsoft PSS) :-

declare @deltaGMT int

exec master.dbo.xp_regread 
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',
'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation',
'ActiveTimeBias', 
@DeltaGMT OUT

select getdate() as LocalTime, dateadd(minute, @deltaGMT, getdate() ) as GMT