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FUNCTIONS / DATE/TIME FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

Current time of day; see Section 9.9.5

Signatures & examples

current_time → time with time zone
Current time of day; see Section 9.9.5
current_time → 14:39:53.662522-05
current_time ( integer ) → time with time zone
Current time of day, with limited precision; see Section 9.9.5
current_time(2) → 14:39:53.66-05
CURRENT_TIME(precision)
CURRENT_TIME and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP deliver values with time zone; LOCALTIME and LOCALTIMESTAMP deliver values without time zone.
Version history 2
  1. PG 13 → 14changed
  2. PG 12 → 13changed

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