Andrei Lepikhov <lepi...@gmail.com> writes: > Pardon the noise, but can you consider the idea of replacing the phrase > 'data insertion time' with something like 'immediately before the > insertion operation starts'? Sometimes people (especially younglings) > ask which time it is precisely: will it differ for each tuple?
If we're discussing the meaning of "now", it's the transaction start timestamp, cf https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-CURRENT I do not think other wordings will improve on that. regards, tom lane
