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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
Cc: Jessica Richard <rjessil(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: how to check the creation date of a postgres database?
Date: 2006-09-22 14:30:55
Message-ID: 26305.1158935455@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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).

regards, tom lane

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