pre_text: Note 11: Income Taxes The provision for income tax expense (benefit) is as follows (amounts in thousands): (1) Fiscal years ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 adjusted due to the adoption of ASC 606. The Company realized a deferred tax expense (benefit) for fiscal years ended 2019, 2018 and 2017 of ($50.1) million, $0.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively, in U.S. and certain foreign jurisdictions based on changes in judgment about the realizability of deferred tax assets in future years.
table: Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
table: 2019 2018 2017
table: Current:
table: Federal $170 $223 $—
table: State and local 161 50 62
table: Foreign 9,966 8,295 4,247
table: Total current income tax expense from continuing operations 10,297 8,568 4,309
table: Deferred:
table: Federal (43,804) (807) (6)
table: State and local (773) (96) (97)
table: Foreign (1) (5,180) 1,467 88
table: Deferred tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations (1) (49,757) 564 (15)
table: Provision for income tax expense (benefit) (1) $(39,460) $9,132 $4,294
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in current foreign income tax expense between 2017 and 2018?