Re: [GENERAL] CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>

From: John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-09-24T15:27:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general, pgsql-sql
Josh Berkus writes:
> now() or now('transaction') returns the transaction timestamp.
> now('statement') returns the statement timestamp now('immediate') returns
> the timestamp at the exact time the function is called.

I like that.

IMHO "the exact time the function is called" is what most people would
expect to get from now(), but it's too late for that.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin