Batch job execution lastUpdated property

[paulbandler]

Can anyone advise how the persistent value timestamp of this property is determined? Specifically whether it uses the target databases native mechanism such as a 'now()' function when the row is created or updated or whether it uses the applications host system clock?

[fmbenhassine]

The last updated property of a job/step execution is set to the time of the local JVM before being persisted, see

spring-batch/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepository.java

Line 192 in 894f9f9

jobExecution.setLastUpdated(LocalDateTime.now());

There is a note about this in the appendix here: https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/reference/schema-appendix.html#metaDataBatchJobExecution

Is that what you are looking for?