Andrei Lepikhov <lepihov@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