Re: Use of 'now'

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Use of 'now'
Date: 2001-11-14 02:52:32
Message-ID: 4638.1005706352@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Nothing of interest anymore, since 'current' has been removed as of 7.2.
>> However, Thomas has yet to commit any docs updates for his recent
>> datetime-related changes ... including that one ...

> Seems it is still in there somewhere:

> test=> create table bb (x timestamp default 'current', y int);

Hmm. It was *supposed* to be removed entirely, but possibly what
Thomas actually did was to continue to accept the keyword as equivalent
to 'now'. Thomas?

regards, tom lane

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