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CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

Name

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP -- Returns the current date and time.

Synopsis

  CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

Parameters

This function does not accept parameters.

Results

timestamp

The current date and the current time. The return data type is timestamp.

Description

Use the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function to retrieve the current date and time in a data type of timestamp.

Examples

The following example displays the result of a call to CURRENT_TIMESTAMP:

testdb=# SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS date_and_time;
      date_and_time
----------------------
 2001-09-04 19:48:21-08
(1 row)
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