postgresql/doc/src/sgml/ref/current_time.sgml
Thomas G. Lockhart 6866cbc7c7 Very minor formatting fixup in the refentry id field to remove
the trailing "-1". This makes a cleaner html output file name.
Clean up a few refpurpose fields.
1998-09-07 15:58:31 +00:00

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<REFENTRY ID="SQL-CURRENT-TIME">
<REFMETA>
<REFENTRYTITLE>
SQL_CURRENT_TIME
</REFENTRYTITLE>
<REFMISCINFO>SQL - Functions</REFMISCINFO>
</REFMETA>
<REFNAMEDIV>
<REFNAME>
SQL_CURRENT_TIME
</REFNAME>
<REFPURPOSE>
Returns the current local time
</REFPURPOSE>
<REFSYNOPSISDIV>
<REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
<SYNOPSIS>
CURRENT_TIME
</SYNOPSIS>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CURRENT-TIME-1">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Inputs
</TITLE>
<PARA>
</PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>None</ReturnValue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</REFSECT2>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CURRENT-TIME-2">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Outputs
</TITLE>
<PARA>
</PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>Returns "<replaceable class="parameter">now</replaceable>"</ReturnValue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</REFSECT2>
</REFSYNOPSISDIV>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CURRENT-TIME-1">
<REFSECT1INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT1INFO>
<TITLE>
Description
</TITLE>
<PARA>
The niladic CURRENT_TIME function has a data type of
TIME and returns the local time when it is run.
</PARA>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CURRENT-TIME-3">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Notes
</TITLE>
<PARA> Refer to the SET TIME ZONE statement for a further description
of local time.
</PARA>
</REFSECT2>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CURRENT-TIME-2">
<TITLE>
Usage
</TITLE>
<PARA>Display CURRENT_TIME:
</PARA>
<ProgramListing>
SELECT CURRENT_TIME AS now;
now
-----------
17:41:31+02
</ProgramListing>
</REFSECT1>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CURRENT-TIME-3">
<TITLE>
Compatibility
</TITLE>
<PARA>
</PARA>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CURRENT-TIME-4">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
SQL92
</TITLE>
<PARA>
SQL92 specifies some additional capabilities for CURRENT_TIME:
</PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>
CURRENT_TIME [ (<replaceable class="parameter">scale</replaceable>) ]</ReturnValue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
The optional scale for CURRENT_TIME, if specified, is an
unsigned integer representing the number of digits in the
optional seconds fraction of the time value represented
by the function.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</REFENTRY>
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