title: How do you insert custom timeuuid's to cassandra without the now() function?
body: <p>I was trying to insert a specific timeuuid to cassandra and the only way I managed to insert one was using the now() function, because I assume, the now function knows what format the database likes it.</p>
  
  <p>How do I create cqlsh command for this?</p>
  
  <p>Currently I have this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>INSERT INTO my_table (tid) VALUES ( now() )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I would like to be able to have 100% control of what date I insert for testing purposes when I am debugging my node.js or whatever program interfacing cassandra.</p>
  
  <p>It would be nice to have something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>INSERT INTO my_table (tid) VALUES ( 12/OCTOBER/2014 )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>without it crashing</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>