There is a way in PostgreSQL to get actual wall clock time of the database server: `clock_timestamp()` regardless of transaction start time. There's also `stat

There is a way in PostgreSQL to get actual wall clock time of the database server: `clock_timestamp()` regardless of transaction start time. There's also `statement_timestamp()` per the docs: "returns the start time of the current statement (more specifically, the time of receipt of the latest command message from the client)." https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-CURRENT https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-datetime.h... This isn't to say any of these methods are the best (or even good) in all cases. Time is tricky, especially if you're trying to do any sort of sequencing.