Automatically updating a new information column in PostgreSQL

good morning experts,I have a trigger before insert (even with or update) and seem it doesnt' work.  The function simply sets both columns named mig_filename to "unknown if its null, and mig_insert_dt to current timestample for each row passed to the trigger.
here is my script even I take all the rest out and just simple function with new.mig_insert_dt := localtimestamp;


CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "ECISDRDM"."TRIGGER_FCT_TR_STG_APPLICATION_CDIM_INS"()  RETURNS trigger AS $$
declare

v_ErrorCode int;
v_ErrorMsg varchar(512);
v_Module varchar(32) := 'TR_STG_APPLICATION_CDIM_INS';

begin

----

-- If this is an INSERT operation----


if TG_OP = 'INSERT' then

   ----
   -- This just ensures that the filename is not null
   ----

   if new.mig_filename IS NULL then
      new.mig_filename := 'Unknown';
   end if;

   new.mig_insert_dt = current_timestamp;

end if;

----
-- Exception error handler
----

   exception
      when others then

      v_ErrorCode := SQLSTATE;
      v_ErrorMsg := SQLERRM;

      insert into "ECISDRDM"."ERRORLOG"( "TSTAMP", "OS_USER", "HOST", "MODULE", "ERRORCODE",               "ERRORMSG")
      values (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_USER, inet_server_addr(), v_Module, v_ErrorCode, v_ErrorMsg);

RETURN NEW;
end;
$$
language 'plpgsql';

CREATE TRIGGER "TR_STG_APPLICATION_CDIM_INS" BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON "ECISDRDM"."STG_APPLICATION_CDIM" FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE "ECISDRDM"."TRIGGER_FCT_TR_STG_APPLICATION_CDIM_INS"() ;

I even " RAISE EXCEPTION 'UNKNOWN'; " and for the mig_insert_dt, I put either '=' or ':=' Now(), now(), localtimestamp, timestamp, and none of them would fill the time. Both mig.filename and mig_insert_dt are still blank."
if new.mig_filename IS NULL then     RAISE EXCEPTION 'UNKNOWN';    new.mig_filename := 'Unknown';end if;new.mig_insert_dt '= now();   

According to the postgres example 39-3 "shows an example of trigger procedure in PL/pgSQL", I don't see any different with the example and don't know what I have missed here.  Would you please advise what I did wrong here?  
thank you,
Bach-Nga

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