Garry Saddington <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Can anyone explain why time has todays date and time zone? Works for me: regression=# insert into periods values(1,1,'now','now'); INSERT 0 1 regression=# select * from periods; periodid | periodnumber | periodstart | periodend ----------+--------------+----------------+---------------- 1 | 1 | 16:13:14.35962 | 16:13:14.35962 (1 row) I speculate that you are trying to display the table in some client software that doesn't know the time datatype and is forcibly converting it to something it does know. regards, tom lane