Re: gettime() - a timeofday() alternative

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Brendan Jurd wrote:
> On 8/7/05, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I propose to add an internal function gettime() that transparently
> > returns the current system time, as a timestamptz with maximum
> > precision.
> >
>
> Here's the patch.
>
> The changes to pg_proc.h, timestamp.h and timestamp.c are trivial.
> The changes to func.sgml are more comprehensive; I've split the
> section on Current Date/Time into two subsections, one that explains
> the transaction time functions and one for the system time functions.
>
> --
> BJ

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