Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.70
diff -c -c -r1.70 pg_dump.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml	31 May 2004 13:37:52 -0000	1.70
--- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml	5 Jun 2004 04:22:15 -0000
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*** 403,409 ****
         <para>
  	Specifies verbose mode.  This will cause
  	<application>pg_dump</application> to output detailed object
!         comments in the dump file, and progress messages to standard error.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
--- 403,410 ----
         <para>
  	Specifies verbose mode.  This will cause
  	<application>pg_dump</application> to output detailed object
!         comments in the dump file, start and stop times, and progress 
!         messages to standard error.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -c -c -r1.43 pg_dumpall.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml	29 Nov 2003 19:51:39 -0000	1.43
--- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml	5 Jun 2004 04:22:15 -0000
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*** 192,199 ****
        <listitem>
         <para>
  	Specifies verbose mode.  This will cause
! 	<application>pg_dumpall</application> to print progress
! 	messages to standard error.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
--- 192,200 ----
        <listitem>
         <para>
  	Specifies verbose mode.  This will cause
! 	<application>pg_dumpall</application> to output start and stop
!         times in the dump file, and progress messages to standard error.
!         It will also enable verbose output in <application>pg_dump</>.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
Index: src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c,v
retrieving revision 1.373
diff -c -c -r1.373 pg_dump.c
*** src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c	3 Jun 2004 00:07:36 -0000	1.373
--- src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c	5 Jun 2004 04:22:21 -0000
***************
*** 32,37 ****
--- 32,38 ----
  #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
  #include <termios.h>
  #endif
+ #include <time.h>
  
  #ifndef HAVE_STRDUP
  #include "strdup.h"
***************
*** 163,168 ****
--- 164,170 ----
  static const char *fmtQualifiedId(const char *schema, const char *id);
  static int	dumpBlobs(Archive *AH, void *arg);
  static void dumpDatabase(Archive *AH);
+ static void dumpTimestamp(Archive *AH, char *msg);
  static void dumpEncoding(Archive *AH);
  static const char *getAttrName(int attrnum, TableInfo *tblInfo);
  static const char *fmtCopyColumnList(const TableInfo *ti);
***************
*** 598,603 ****
--- 600,608 ----
  	 * in a safe order.
  	 */
  
+ 	if (g_fout->verbose)
+ 		dumpTimestamp(g_fout, "Started on");
+ 
  	/* First the special encoding entry. */
  	dumpEncoding(g_fout);
  
***************
*** 615,620 ****
--- 620,628 ----
  		dumpDumpableObject(g_fout, dobjs[i]);
  	}
  
+ 	if (g_fout->verbose)
+ 		dumpTimestamp(g_fout, "Completed on");
+ 
  	/*
  	 * And finally we can do the actual output.
  	 */
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*** 1280,1285 ****
--- 1288,1322 ----
  	destroyPQExpBuffer(dbQry);
  	destroyPQExpBuffer(delQry);
  	destroyPQExpBuffer(creaQry);
+ }
+ 
+ 
+ /*
+  * dumpTimestamp
+  */
+ static void
+ dumpTimestamp(Archive *AH, char *msg)
+ {
+ 	char buf[256];
+ 	time_t now = time(NULL);
+ 
+ 	if (strftime(buf, 256, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z", localtime(&now)) != 0)
+  	{
+ 		PQExpBuffer qry = createPQExpBuffer();
+ 	
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(qry, "-- ");
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(qry, msg);
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(qry, " ");
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(qry, buf);
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(qry, "\n");
+ 
+ 		ArchiveEntry(AH, nilCatalogId, createDumpId(),
+ 					 "DUMP TIMESTAMP", NULL, "",
+ 					 false, "DUMP TIMESTAMP", qry->data, "", NULL,
+ 					 NULL, 0,
+ 					 NULL, NULL);
+ 		destroyPQExpBuffer(qry);
+ 	}
  }