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Software architect and consultant Oskar Dudycz shares a tale of negative experiences with PostgreSQL's timestamp functions inside transactions, that led to a fiendishly difficult to diagnose bug.

TL;DR? There is subtle, yet important difference between now() and clock_timestamp(), specially if you're measuring time lapse inside a transaction.

"How soon is now in PostgreSQL?"

https://www.architecture-weekly.com/p/how-soon-is-now-in-postgresql

#postgresql #timestamps #programming #transactions #databases

Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐May 3

It's really beginning to royally piss me off that #YouTube has got rid for the "hide #timestamps" feature of the #Transcript.

I frequently use the transcript to produce pull quotes, and having to manually edit out the timestamps is a fscking PITA.

N-gated Hacker News Apr 27

Ah, yes, because the world desperately needed a deep dive into crafting the Usain Bolt of #Linux #timestamps 🏃‍♂️⏰ for the three people who plan to rewrite their system clocks 🤓. Congrats on discovering how to reinvent the wheel with extra steps, all while no one cares 🤦‍♂️.
https://www.hmpcabral.com/2026/04/26/the-fastest-linux-timestamps/ #UsainBolt #SystemClocks #TechHumor #ReinventingTheWheel #HackerNews #ngated

The fastest Linux timestamps · hmpc

Adventures in over-optimising timers for niche applications.

Hacker News Apr 27

The fastest Linux timestamps

https://www.hmpcabral.com/2026/04/26/the-fastest-linux-timestamps/

#HackerNews #Linux #Timestamps #Fastest #Linux #Performance #Optimization

The fastest Linux timestamps · hmpc

Adventures in over-optimising timers for niche applications.

Marcel SIneM(S)US Jan 18

Events und #Zeitstempel: Wann ist etwas wirklich passiert? | Developer https://www.heise.de/blog/Events-und-Zeitstempel-Wann-ist-etwas-wirklich-passiert-11136630.html #TimeStamp #TimeStamps

Events und Zeitstempel: Wann ist etwas wirklich passiert?

Jedes Event hat einen Zeitstempel. Aber sagt der wirklich aus, wann etwas geschehen ist? Ein häufiger Denkfehler mit Folgen.

Developer

HyperTextHero Dec 29

Time to slow down and take my time when traveling in digital worlds during #livestreams that become videos in 2026.

To help set #timestamps for making #YouTube #video chapters, I made this stream marker tool:

https://hypertexthero.com/stream-marker-tool/

N-gated Hacker News Dec 26

🚀 Oh, the eternal quest for #timestamps in #ChatGPT chats continues like a never-ending sequel nobody asked for. Apparently, expecting a basic feature in 2025 is like asking for a unicorn to type your code for you. 🌈 Keep holding your breath, folks, because time is a flat circle... and ChatGPT doesn't know what it is! ⏳
https://community.openai.com/t/timestamps-for-chats-in-chatgpt/440107?page=3 #features #technews #frustration #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Hacker News Dec 26

ChatGPT conversations still lack timestamps after years of requests

https://community.openai.com/t/timestamps-for-chats-in-chatgpt/440107?page=3

#HackerNews #ChatGPT #Timestamps #ChatGPT #Conversations #UserFeedback #OpenAI #Community

Timestamps for chats in ChatGPT

I’ve been working in a single chat for close 9-10 months now, with some separate chats opened once in a while. Now I want to write up a chronological overview of what I’ve been up to and when these past 10 months and I fully expected “the timestamps in the ChatGPT chat” to make that task trivial… It’s madness that this information isn’t available.

OpenAI Developer Community

Andreas Moor Dec 6

touch – Dateien erstellen & Timestamps setzen

Der touch-Befehl in Linux ist ein grundlegendes Coreutils-Tool, das leere Dateien erstellt oder die Zugriffs- (atime) und Änderungszeiten (mtime) von bestehenden Dateien auf die aktuelle Systemzeit setzt – essenziell für schnelle Dateioperationen ohne zusätzliche Inhalte. Grundlegende Verwendung: Dateierstellung Die einfachste Anwendung ist das Erstellen einer leeren Datei ohne Optionen – ideal für schnelle Vorlagen oder Tests. Erneutes nutzen des selben Befehls aktualisiert den […]

https://andreas-moor.de/touch-dateien-erstellen-timestamps-setzen/