Re: how to check the creation date of a postgres database?

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 10:30:55AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> writes:
> > On Sep 20, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Jessica Richard wrote:
> >> I would like to know when each of my databases were created.
>
> > You're not the first person to ask for this, but it's still pretty
> > unclear what the use-case for that info is (and without a decent use-
> > case, it's pretty unlikely that this info will get stored).
>
> If we did store it, it would presumably reflect the time of issuance of
> CREATE DATABASE, which would mean it wouldn't survive a dump and reload
> anyway (as the OP seems to be wishing for).

Well, that case could be handled as well, it's just a SMOC. But as I
mentioned, it's unlikely an existing developer will get excited about
any of this.
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