Liquibase: How to set the default value of a date column to be “now” in UTC format?

Question

How do you set the default value of a date column to be \"now\" in UTC format? I think the answer involves the defaultValueComputed attribute on the column elem

Answer 1

Maybe this topic in the liquibase forum will help?

I think defaultValueComputed will take a database specific function to express "now". In mySQL it would be CURRENT_TIMESTAMP so it could look like this:

(Copied from the forum post.)