From 158923d88b99a01a2e8d7ec21da106ce5a97d942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Levitt <nlevitt@archive.org>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 12:11:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] avoid database transaction to get current time

---
 doublethink/services.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doublethink/services.py b/doublethink/services.py
index 43a9e80..e59c65e 100644
--- a/doublethink/services.py
+++ b/doublethink/services.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import rethinkdb as r
 import logging
 import socket
 import os
+import doublethink
 
 class ServiceRegistry(object):
     '''
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ class ServiceRegistry(object):
             None
         '''
         # use the same concept of 'now' for all queries 
-        now = self.rr.now().run()
+        now = doublethink.utcnow()
         if candidate is not None:
             candidate['id'] = role