--- title: SQL Timestamp as a default value slug: timestamp-default-value --- import Section from "@mdx/Section.astro"; import Prerequisites from "@mdx/Prerequisites.astro"; import CodeTabs from '@mdx/CodeTabs.astro'; import CodeTab from '@mdx/CodeTab.astro'; - Get started with [PostgreSQL](/docs/get-started-postgresql), [MySQL](/docs/get-started-mysql) and [SQLite](/docs/get-started-sqlite) - Learn about column data types for [PostgreSQL](/docs/column-types/pg), [MySQL](/docs/column-types/mysql) and [SQLite](/docs/column-types/sqlite) - [sql operator](/docs/sql) ### PostgreSQL To set current timestamp as a default value in PostgreSQL, you can use the `defaultNow()` method or `sql` operator with `now()` function which returns the current date and time with the time zone:

```ts copy {6,9} import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'; import { timestamp, pgTable, serial } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core'; export const users = pgTable('users', { id: serial('id').primaryKey(), timestamp1: timestamp('timestamp1').notNull().defaultNow(), timestamp2: timestamp('timestamp2', { mode: 'string' }) .notNull() .default(sql`now()`), }); ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "users" ( "id" serial PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, "timestamp1" timestamp DEFAULT now() NOT NULL, "timestamp2" timestamp DEFAULT now() NOT NULL ); ```

The `mode` option defines how values are handled in the application. Values with `string` mode are treated as `string` in the application, but stored as timestamps in the database.

```plaintext // Data stored in the database +----+----------------------------+----------------------------+ | id | timestamp1 | timestamp2 | +----+----------------------------+----------------------------+ | 1 | 2024-04-11 14:14:28.038697 | 2024-04-11 14:14:28.038697 | +----+----------------------------+----------------------------+ ``` ```ts // Data returned by the application [ { id: 1, timestamp1: 2024-04-11T14:14:28.038Z, // Date object timestamp2: '2024-04-11 14:14:28.038697' // string } ] ```

To set unix timestamp as a default value in PostgreSQL, you can use the `sql` operator and `extract(epoch from now())` function which returns the number of seconds since `1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC`:

```ts copy {8} import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'; import { integer, pgTable, serial } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core' export const users = pgTable('users', { id: serial('id').primaryKey(), timestamp: integer('timestamp') .notNull() .default(sql`extract(epoch from now())`), }); ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "users" ( "id" serial PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, "timestamp" integer DEFAULT extract(epoch from now()) NOT NULL ); ``` ```plaintext // Data stored in the database +----+------------+ | id | timestamp | +----+------------+ | 1 | 1712846784 | +----+------------+ ``` ```ts // Data returned by the application [ { id: 1, timestamp: 1712846784 // number } ] ```

### MySQL To set current timestamp as a default value in MySQL, you can use the `defaultNow()` method or `sql` operator with `now()` function which returns the current date and time `(YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS)`:

```ts copy {6,9,12} import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'; import { mysqlTable, serial, timestamp } from 'drizzle-orm/mysql-core'; export const users = mysqlTable('users', { id: serial('id').primaryKey(), timestamp1: timestamp('timestamp1').notNull().defaultNow(), timestamp2: timestamp('timestamp2', { mode: 'string' }) .notNull() .default(sql`now()`), timestamp3: timestamp('timestamp3', { fsp: 3 }) // fractional seconds part .notNull() .default(sql`now(3)`), }); ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` serial AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, `timestamp1` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT now(), `timestamp2` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT now(), `timestamp3` timestamp(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT now(3), CONSTRAINT `users_id` PRIMARY KEY(`id`) ); ```

`fsp` option defines the number of fractional seconds to include in the timestamp. The default value is `0`. The `mode` option defines how values are handled in the application. Values with `string` mode are treated as `string` in the application, but stored as timestamps in the database.

```plaintext // Data stored in the database +----+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------------+ | id | timestamp1 | timestamp2 | timestamp3 | +----+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------------+ | 1 | 2024-04-11 15:24:53 | 2024-04-11 15:24:53 | 2024-04-11 15:24:53.236 | +----+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------------+ ``` ```ts // Data returned by the application [ { id: 1, timestamp1: 2024-04-11T15:24:53.000Z, // Date object timestamp2: '2024-04-11 15:24:53', // string timestamp3: 2024-04-11T15:24:53.236Z // Date object } ] ```

To set unix timestamp as a default value in MySQL, you can use the `sql` operator and `unix_timestamp()` function which returns the number of seconds since `1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC`:

```ts copy {8} import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'; import { mysqlTable, serial, int } from 'drizzle-orm/mysql-core'; export const users = mysqlTable('users', { id: serial('id').primaryKey(), timestamp: int('timestamp') .notNull() .default(sql`(unix_timestamp())`), }); ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` serial AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, `timestamp` int NOT NULL DEFAULT (unix_timestamp()), CONSTRAINT `users_id` PRIMARY KEY(`id`) ); ``` ```plaintext // Data stored in the database +----+------------+ | id | timestamp | +----+------------+ | 1 | 1712847986 | +----+------------+ ``` ```ts // Data returned by the application [ { id: 1, timestamp: 1712847986 // number } ] ```

### SQLite To set current timestamp as a default value in SQLite, you can use `sql` operator with `current_timestamp` constant which returns text representation of the current UTC date and time `(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)`:

```ts copy {8} import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'; import { integer, sqliteTable, text } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-core'; export const users = sqliteTable('users', { id: integer('id').primaryKey(), timestamp: text('timestamp') .notNull() .default(sql`(current_timestamp)`), }); ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` integer PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, `timestamp` text DEFAULT (current_timestamp) NOT NULL ); ``` ```plaintext // Data stored in the database +----+---------------------+ | id | timestamp | +----+---------------------+ | 1 | 2024-04-11 15:40:43 | +----+---------------------+ ``` ```ts // Data returned by the application [ { id: 1, timestamp: '2024-04-11 15:40:43' // string } ] ```

To set unix timestamp as a default value in SQLite, you can use the `sql` operator and `unixepoch()` function which returns the number of seconds since `1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC`:

```ts copy {8,11,14} import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'; import { integer, sqliteTable } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-core'; export const users = sqliteTable('users', { id: integer('id').primaryKey(), timestamp1: integer('timestamp1', { mode: 'timestamp' }) .notNull() .default(sql`(unixepoch())`), timestamp2: integer('timestamp2', { mode: 'timestamp_ms' }) .notNull() .default(sql`(unixepoch() * 1000)`), timestamp3: integer('timestamp3', { mode: 'number' }) .notNull() .default(sql`(unixepoch())`), }); ``` ```sql CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` integer PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, `timestamp1` integer DEFAULT (unixepoch()) NOT NULL, `timestamp2` integer DEFAULT (unixepoch() * 1000) NOT NULL, `timestamp3` integer DEFAULT (unixepoch()) NOT NULL ); ```

The `mode` option defines how values are handled in the application. In the application, values with `timestamp` and `timestamp_ms` modes are treated as `Date` objects, but stored as integers in the database. The difference is that `timestamp` handles seconds, while `timestamp_ms` handles milliseconds.

```plaintext // Data stored in the database +------------+------------+---------------+------------+ | id | timestamp1 | timestamp2 | timestamp3 | +------------+------------+---------------+------------+ | 1 | 1712835640 | 1712835640000 | 1712835640 | +------------+------------+---------------+------------+ ``` ```ts // Data returned by the application [ { id: 1, timestamp1: 2024-04-11T11:40:40.000Z, // Date object timestamp2: 2024-04-11T11:40:40.000Z, // Date object timestamp3: 1712835640 // number } ] ```