From a51957487a56b2efefaadfd302d6dc548bae3937 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 0xhsn <mail@7asan.io>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 00:30:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: evaluate CURRENT_TIMESTAMP/CURRENT_DATE/CURRENT_TIME at
 runtime, not compile time

---
 core/translate/expr.rs                        | 42 +++++++++++--------
 .../tests/scalar-functions-datetime.sqltest   | 37 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/translate/expr.rs b/core/translate/expr.rs
index aa446b75f..30e5c4ea6 100644
--- a/core/translate/expr.rs
+++ b/core/translate/expr.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use crate::function::FtsFunc;
 #[cfg(feature = "json")]
 use crate::function::JsonFunc;
 use crate::function::{AggFunc, Func, FuncCtx, MathFuncArity, ScalarFunc, VectorFunc};
-use crate::functions::datetime;
 use crate::schema::{
     BTreeTable, ColDef, Column, ColumnLayout, GeneratedType, Table, Type, TypeDef,
 };
@@ -7315,33 +7314,42 @@ pub fn emit_literal(
             Ok(target_register)
         }
         ast::Literal::CurrentDate => {
-            program.emit_insn(Insn::String8 {
-                value: datetime::exec_date::<&[_; 0], std::slice::Iter<'_, Value>, &Value>(&[])
-                    .to_string(),
+            let start_reg = program.alloc_register();
+            program.emit_insn(Insn::Function {
+                constant_mask: 0,
+                start_reg,
                 dest: target_register,
+                func: FuncCtx {
+                    func: Func::Scalar(ScalarFunc::Date),
+                    arg_count: 0,
+                },
             });
             Ok(target_register)
         }
         ast::Literal::CurrentTime => {
-            program.emit_insn(Insn::String8 {
-                value: datetime::exec_time::<&[_; 0], std::slice::Iter<'_, Value>, &Value>(&[])
-                    .to_string(),
+            let start_reg = program.alloc_register();
+            program.emit_insn(Insn::Function {
+                constant_mask: 0,
+                start_reg,
                 dest: target_register,
+                func: FuncCtx {
+                    func: Func::Scalar(ScalarFunc::Time),
+                    arg_count: 0,
+                },
             });
             Ok(target_register)
         }
         ast::Literal::CurrentTimestamp => {
-            program.emit_insn(
-                Insn::String8 {
-                    value: datetime::exec_datetime_full::<
-                        &[_; 0],
-                        std::slice::Iter<'_, Value>,
-                        &Value,
-                    >(&[])
-                    .to_string(),
-                    dest: target_register,
+            let start_reg = program.alloc_register();
+            program.emit_insn(Insn::Function {
+                constant_mask: 0,
+                start_reg,
+                dest: target_register,
+                func: FuncCtx {
+                    func: Func::Scalar(ScalarFunc::DateTime),
+                    arg_count: 0,
                 },
-            );
+            });
             Ok(target_register)
         }
     }
diff --git a/testing/sqltests/tests/scalar-functions-datetime.sqltest b/testing/sqltests/tests/scalar-functions-datetime.sqltest
index 6a33dd231..bb928e8cb 100644
--- a/testing/sqltests/tests/scalar-functions-datetime.sqltest
+++ b/testing/sqltests/tests/scalar-functions-datetime.sqltest
@@ -2454,3 +2454,40 @@ test strftime-format-bool-false {
 expect {
     0
 }
+
+test current-timestamp-returns-datetime-format {
+    SELECT length(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) = 19;
+}
+expect {
+    1
+}
+
+test current-date-returns-date-format {
+    SELECT length(CURRENT_DATE) = 10;
+}
+expect {
+    1
+}
+
+test current-time-returns-time-format {
+    SELECT length(CURRENT_TIME) = 8;
+}
+expect {
+    1
+}
+
+test current-timestamp-matches-datetime {
+    SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP = datetime('now');
+}
+expect {
+    1
+}
+
+test current-timestamp-in-insert {
+    CREATE TABLE ts_test (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, created_at TEXT DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);
+    INSERT INTO ts_test (id) VALUES (1);
+    SELECT length(created_at) = 19 FROM ts_test WHERE id = 1;
+}
+expect {
+    1
+}