LOCALTIME

Returns a value of type TIME that represents the start of the current transaction.

The return value does not change during the transaction. Thus, multiple calls to LOCALTIME within the same transaction return the same timestamp.

Behavior type

Syntax

LOCALTIME [ ( precision ) ]

Parameters

precision

Rounds the result to the specified number of fractional digits in the seconds field.

Examples

=> CREATE TABLE t1 (a int, b int);
CREATE TABLE

=> INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,2);
 OUTPUT
--------
      1
(1 row)

=> SELECT LOCALTIME time;
    time
-----------------
 15:03:14.595296
(1 row)

=> INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (3,4);
 OUTPUT
--------
      1
(1 row)

=> SELECT LOCALTIME;
    time
-----------------
 15:03:14.595296
(1 row)

=> COMMIT;
COMMIT
=> SELECT LOCALTIME;
    time
-----------------
 15:03:49.738032
(1 row)