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     </informalexample>
  
     <para>
!     It is quite important to realize that
!     <function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</function> and related functions all return
!     the time as of the start of the current transaction; their values do not
!     increment while a transaction is running.  But
!     <function>timeofday()</function> returns the actual current time.
     </para>
  
     <para>
      All the date/time data types also accept the special literal value
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     </informalexample>
  
     <para>
!     It is important to realize that
!     <function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</function> and related functions return
!     the start time of the current transaction; their values do not
!     change during the transaction. <function>timeofday()</function>
!     returns the wall clock time and does advance during transactions.
     </para>
+ 
+    <note>  
+     Many other database systems advance these values more
+     frequently.
+    </note>
  
     <para>
      All the date/time data types also accept the special literal value