"In a literal that has been determined to be timestamp without time zone,
PostgreSQL will silently ignore any time zone indication. That is, the
resulting value is derived from the date/time fields in the input value,
and is not adjusted for time zone."
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/datatype-datetime.html
8.5.1.3 Time Stamps
Not exactly a widely impactful decision but is there harm in emitting a
"NOTICE: timezone specification ignored"
Just got a complaint on -admin about this:
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CACT-NGKQRtBGKOGUMT_goxyKu=yym8ET1Q5my-yjfuWW++uXbA@mail.gmail.com
David J.