Re: [HACKERS] Re: date/time type changes

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Stephen Birch <sbirch(at)ironmountainsystems(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: date/time type changes
Date: 2000-01-04 07:24:15
Message-ID: 3871A01E.F7B047E7@alumni.caltech.edu
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> Could you outline the proposed changes? I am currently using datetime
> and want to make sure my code doesn't break.
> > > Thomas, are you planning on unifying the date/time types for 7.0?

The datetime type will become "timestamp" and the timespan type will
become "interval". Both "datetime" and "timespan" will become aliases
for timestamp and interval, respectively, and code *should* work
without having to be changed.

- Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu
South Pasadena, California

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