Re: [GENERAL] Date & Time

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jose soares <jose(at)sferacarta(dot)com>
Cc: Ed Loehr <ELOEHR(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com>, kaiq(at)realtyideas(dot)com, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu>, Dale Anderson <danderso(at)crystalsugar(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Date & Time
Date: 1999-12-01 19:50:25
Message-ID: 199912011950.OAA04319@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Ed Loehr ha scritto:
>
> > Just curious: anyone have any comment on any practical differences between now() and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, which seems to work
> > the same?
> >
>
> I think it is the same function, both of them return the current date and time.
>
> now() should be the internal postgreSQL function.
> and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP is the exact SQL-92 syntax

I am changing my book to use CURRENT_TIMESTAMP rather than now().

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