PostgreSQL LOCALTIMESTAMP() Function

The PostgreSQL LOCALTIMESTAMP() function returns the current date and time. This function returns the current date as a 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.US' format.

Syntax

LOCALTIMESTAMP(precision)

Note: Do not put parentheses () after the LOCALTIMESTAMP function if the precision parameter is not specified.

Parameters

Return Value

Returns the current date as a 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.US' format.

Example 1:

The example below shows the usage of LOCALTIMESTAMP() function.

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP;
Result: '2021-12-27 08:01:29.125744'

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP(1);
Result: '2021-12-27 08:01:29.1'

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP(2);
Result: '2021-12-27 08:01:29.13'

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP(3);
Result: '2021-12-27 08:01:29.126'

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP(4);
Result: '2021-12-27 08:01:29.1257'

Example 2:

Consider a database table called EmployeeLogin with the following records:

To insert a new record in this table, the following statement can be used.

INSERT INTO EmployeeLogin 
VALUES (6, 'Suresh', LOCALTIMESTAMP(0));

-- see the result
SELECT * FROM EmployeeLogin;

This will produce a result similar to: