Re: Re: Interval FAQ - please review

From: Vivek Khera <khera(at)kcilink(dot)com>
To: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Interval FAQ - please review
Date: 2001-08-16 20:50:26
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>>>>> "JB" == Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:

>> Those docs are lacking an explanation that there is no such thing in
>> PostgreSQL as a timestamp *without* time zone.

JB> Hmmm .... OK, I'll revise the A: but I *don't* want to go into Time Zone
JB> issues in this intro. Any docs I can link to?

The only good explanation came from the mailing list, from Tom Lane,
naturally ;-). Basically, nobody wants to change it, and using a view
or a client-side function to strip the timezone info is the way to do
it.

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