you are a strange man,
the key fact is not request.now, or request.utcnow
but the fact that you can define your table to update these fields
automatically so you can forget about them
db.define_table('your_table',
Field('field1'),
Field('field2'),
Field("added_on", 'datetime', default=request.now),
Field("updated_on", 'datetime', default=request.now,
update=request.now),
)
#then in controller
db.insert(field1=some_value, field2=some_other_value) #added_on and
updated_on are auto filled
db.update(field1=.., field2=...) #only updated_on is auto filled
hope you understand now my point
db.update(field1=.., field2=..)
