Re: Why is time with timezone 12 bytes?

On 22 September 2010 22:58, Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:54:53PM +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
>> On 22 September 2010 22:01, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I was just checking on our year-2027 compliance, and happened to notice
>> > that time with time zone takes up 12 bytes. ?This seems peculiar, given
>> > that timestamp with time zone is only 8 bytes, and at my count we only
>> > need 5 for the time with microsecond precision. ?What's up with that?
>> >
>> > Also, what is the real range of our 8-byte *integer* timestamp?
>>
>> The time is 8 bytes, (1,000,000 microseconds * 60 minutes, * 24 hours
>> = 1,440,000,000 microseconds = 31 bits = 8 bytes).
>>
>
> 31 bits = approx. 4 bytes at 8 bits/byte, not 8 bytes.
>
>> The timezone displacement takes up to 12 bits, meaning 3 bytes.
>> (1460+1459 = 2919 = 12 bits = 3 bytes).  So that's 11 bytes.  Not sure
>> where the extra 1 byte comes from.
>>
> This would yield 7 bytes.

I think it's clear I should get some sleep. :S

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