Is it advisable to use select with insert statements in database transactions

Trying to create a timeout for grpc connection in the event that the server grpc implementation doesn't specify a callback function, however it seems that no matter what is specified in the options (new Date().getSeconds()+5) the client doesn't terminate the connection

    function hello (call, callback) {
        console.log(call.request.message)
    }
    server.addService(client.Hello.service, {hello: hello});
    server.bind('localhost:50051', grpc.ServerCredentials.createInsecure());
    server.start();
    grpcClient = new client.Hello('localhost:50051',
        grpc.credentials.createInsecure(),{deadline: new Date().getSeconds()+5}); //


    grpcClient.hello({message: "abc"}, function(err, response) {
        console.log(response) // doesn't reach here because function hello doesn't callback
    })

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