{"id":27417,"date":"2024-03-16T08:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-oracle-automatically-generate-timestamps\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T10:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:59:15","slug":"how-does-oracle-automatically-generate-timestamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-oracle-automatically-generate-timestamps\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Oracle automatically generate timestamps?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Oracle database, you can use the `CURRENT_TIMESTAMP` function to generate the current timestamp. This function will return the current date and time. You can use this function in INSERT or UPDATE statements to automatically insert the current timestamp into a specific column of a table. 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