Re: Timestamps Look Incorrect? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Timestamps Look Incorrect?
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Msg-id 5058.1127943045@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Timestamps Look Incorrect?  ("Lane Van Ingen" <lvaningen@esncc.com>)
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"Lane Van Ingen" <lvaningen@esncc.com> writes:
> I have used localtimestamp, now(), and
> to_char(localtimestamp,'HH24:MI:SS.US') to display current time at different
> points in the stored procedure; even though I have requested microseconds,
> all of the results being returned are all the same: the time that is shown
> on the very first  RAISE NOTICE is exactly the same as the last one, even
> though I stored the time into different variables.

That's what it's supposed to do.  Please read the documentation:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-CURRENT
You need to use timeofday() if you want to measure intra-transaction
intervals.

            regards, tom lane

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