Re: [HACKERS] Timestamp docs weirdness

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Marcus Börger <mail(at)marcus-boerger(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Timestamp docs weirdness
Date: 2003-10-22 18:10:59
Message-ID: 200310221810.h9MIAxf01784@candle.pha.pa.us
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Patch applied. Thanks.

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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Here is a documentation patch that makes it all more consistent.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Marcus B?rger wrote:
>
> > Hello Christopher,
> >
> > Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 10:21:02 AM, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>>What in the heck is 'zulu', 'allballs' or 'z'???
>

> Index: doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.126
> diff -c -r1.126 datatype.sgml
> *** doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml 16 Oct 2003 04:52:21 -0000 1.126
> --- doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml 22 Oct 2003 09:02:10 -0000
> ***************
> *** 1573,1582 ****
> <entry><literal>04:05 PM</literal></entry>
> <entry>same as 16:05; input hour must be <= 12</entry>
> </row>
> - <row>
> - <entry><literal>allballs</literal></entry>
> - <entry>same as 00:00:00</entry>
> - </row>
> <row>
> <entry>04:05:06.789-8</entry>
> <entry>ISO 8601</entry>
> --- 1573,1578 ----
> ***************
> *** 1627,1632 ****
> --- 1623,1636 ----
> <entry>-8</entry>
> <entry>ISO-8601 offset for PST</entry>
> </row>
> + <row>
> + <entry>zulu</entry>
> + <entry>Military abbreviation for GMT</entry>
> + </row>
> + <row>
> + <entry>z</entry>
> + <entry>Short form of zulu</entry>
> + </row>
> </tbody>
> </tgroup>
> </table>
> ***************
> *** 1828,1834 ****
> <entry>midnight yesterday</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> ! <entry><literal>zulu</>, <literal>allballs</>, <literal>z</></entry>
> <entry><type>time</type></entry>
> <entry>00:00:00.00 UTC</entry>
> </row>
> --- 1832,1838 ----
> <entry>midnight yesterday</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> ! <entry><literal>allballs</literal></entry>
> <entry><type>time</type></entry>
> <entry>00:00:00.00 UTC</entry>
> </row>

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