diff --git a/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c b/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c
index 11b50890b2decf751eb58612d0eda5bf61e06325..a21c36594a5aed3cefe1a62bbb56963dd3d18e30 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qSqlParser.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ SSqlInfo qSqlParse(const char *pStr) {
         sqlInfo.valid = false;
         goto abort_parse;
       }
-      
+
       case TK_HEX:
       case TK_OCT:
       case TK_BIN:{
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ SSqlInfo qSqlParse(const char *pStr) {
         sqlInfo.valid = false;
         goto abort_parse;
       }
+      case TK_NOW: {
+        // for now() function used in select clause
+        if (pStr[i] == '(' && pStr[i + 1] == ')') {
+          t0.type = TK_ID;
+        }
+      }
       default:
         Parse(pParser, t0.type, t0, &sqlInfo);
         if (sqlInfo.valid == false) {
diff --git a/src/util/src/ttokenizer.c b/src/util/src/ttokenizer.c
index 019b618ca3d0983dcd0d1cf305e92678cedf7596..03e92a2a4ae8f3bd9dea3da17ab20783d68cb3f1 100644
--- a/src/util/src/ttokenizer.c
+++ b/src/util/src/ttokenizer.c
@@ -590,10 +590,6 @@ uint32_t tGetToken(char* z, uint32_t* tokenId) {
       }
       *tokenId = tKeywordCode(z, i);
 
-      //Check for function now()
-      if (*tokenId == TK_NOW && z[i] == '(' && z[i + 1] == ')') {
-        *tokenId = TK_ID;
-      }
       return i;
     }
   }
@@ -670,6 +666,11 @@ SStrToken tStrGetToken(char* str, int32_t* i, bool isPrevOptr) {
 #endif
   }
 
+  //for now() function used in insert clause
+  if (t0.type == TK_NOW && str[t0.n] == '(' && str[t0.n + 1] == ')') {
+    t0.n += 2;
+  }
+
   if (t0.type == TK_SEMI) {
     t0.n = 0;
     return t0;