Thread: What is the syntax for setting a default date in PostgreSQL?

This issue always stumps me. I need to set the default date for a column in
postgres. A value for today, today + x days, now (timestamp), now + x amount of
days.

I never seem to be able to locate it in the documentation or online. Can anyone
post it here once and for all for posterity?

I will be much obliged :)

Frank Church wrote:
> This issue always stumps me. I need to set the default date for a column in
> postgres. A value for today, today + x days, now (timestamp), now + x amount of
> days.

CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_DATE + x, now(), now() + 'x days'::interval are a
few options.

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