Cannot millisecond resolution in a DATETIME column using MariaDB 5.5.44

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According to all of the documentation I have read, this looks pretty simple to do. But it just does not work. This is the snippet that shows how I defined the column.

<<code>> id int(12) NOT NULL auto_increment, ev_time DATETIME(3) NOT NULL, hostname varchar(65) NOT NULL, subsys varchar(65), <<code>>

I have tried using both TIMESTAMP and DATETIME, both give me the same results, the trailing 3 digits are always returned with a value of 000. When I insert, it does not matter if I leave the ev_time field blank and let it autofill, or if I put NOW() in the insert, the result is always this output:

<<code>>

2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000
2018-07-06 07:58:11.000

+-------------------------+ <<code>>

Why doesn't this work???

Answer

You should specify the precision, for example NOW(3).

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