Re: Date column that defaults to 'now'

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 21:00, John Siracusa wrote:
> How can I create a non-null date column that defaults to 'now' as computed
> at the time the row is inserted?

The default should be either CURRENT_DATE or timeofday()::DATE

The difference is that CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and CURRENT_DATE
remain the same within a transaction even if the time or date changes,
whereas timeofday() always returns the current clock time.

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