If you are reluctant or unable to apply this clever patch you could use the following in the CLI: Create Table Data1 ( key, ts, saved_ts, info); Create Table Data2 ( key, ts, saved_ts, info); Begin; .parameter set @SAVED_TS CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Insert Into Data1 Values (1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, @SAVED_TS, 'This is a test'); Select * From Generate_Series(0,40000,1); Insert Into Data2 Values (2, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, @SAVED_TS, 'This is another test'); Commit; .mode box Select * from Data1; Select * from Data2; The Generate_Series() is just to slow down things between the two Inserts. This is the result: ┌─────┬─────────────────────┬─────────────────────┬────────────────┐ │ key │ ts │ saved_ts │ info │ ├─────┼─────────────────────┼─────────────────────┼────────────────┤ │ 1 │ 2020-09-11 14:36:10 │ 2020-09-11 14:36:10 │ This is a test │ └─────┴─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┴────────────────┘ ┌─────┬─────────────────────┬─────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ key │ ts │ saved_ts │ info │ ├─────┼─────────────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ 2 │ 2020-09-11 14:36:14 │ 2020-09-11 14:36:10 │ This is another test │ └─────┴─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘ Anywhere else than the CLI you would obviously not have the .parameter statement, but you could use a Select for CURRENT_TIME or any other date/time combination, save the result and use that in subsequent Inserts.