Add a datetime-default-now helper function - #3159
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I found I was writing this a lot in my migrations. So why not just put it in the library?
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| pub fn date_time_default_now<T: IntoIden>(col: T) -> ColumnDef { |
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now() != CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
Furthermore, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP has different semantics in different databases.
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Mirror the date_time_default_now helper (#3159) for the timestamp family: timestamp_default_now and timestamp_with_time_zone_default_now, both defaulting to Expr::current_timestamp().
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I found I was writing this a lot in my migrations. So why not just put it in the library?
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date_time_default_nowhelper function for migrations.