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FUNCTIONS / DATE/TIME FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

localtimestamp

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Current date and time (start of current transaction); see Section 9.9.5

Signatures & examples

localtimestamp → timestamp
Current date and time (start of current transaction); see Section 9.9.5
localtimestamp → 2019-12-23 14:39:53.662522
localtimestamp ( integer ) → timestamp
Current date and time (start of current transaction), with limited precision; see Section 9.9.5
localtimestamp(2) → 2019-12-23 14:39:53.66
LOCALTIMESTAMP(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

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source