STATEMENT_TIMESTAMP

Similar to TRANSACTION_TIMESTAMP, returns a value of type TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE that represents the start of the current statement.

The return value does not change during statement execution. Thus, different stages of statement execution always have the same timestamp.

Behavior type

Syntax

STATEMENT_TIMESTAMP()

Examples

=> SELECT foo, bar FROM (SELECT STATEMENT_TIMESTAMP() AS foo)foo, (SELECT STATEMENT_TIMESTAMP() as bar)bar;
              foo              |              bar
-------------------------------+-------------------------------
 2016-12-07 14:55:51.543988-05 | 2016-12-07 14:55:51.543988-05
(1 row)

See also

• CLOCK_TIMESTAMP
• TRANSACTION_TIMESTAMP