I wrote:
> 3. While I can see the point of wanting to, say, test weekend behavior
> on a weekday, I do not see how a value of now() that doesn't advance
> between transactions would represent a realistic test environment for
> an app with time-dependent behavior.
BTW, one possible way of meeting that particular requirement is to fool
with your timezone setting.
regression=# select timeofday();
timeofday
-------------------------------------
Tue Apr 12 14:01:53.254286 2016 EDT
(1 row)
regression=# set time zone interval '+120 hours';
SET
regression=# select timeofday();
timeofday
--------------------------------------
Sun Apr 17 18:01:58.293623 2016 +120
(1 row)
regards, tom lane