Re: Undocumented datetime functions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Undocumented datetime functions
Date: 2001-02-17 16:28:54
Message-ID: 3906.982427334@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Hmm, I'm confused. The timestamp type doesn't actually have a time zone
> stored, does it? Why did you want it to be dumped as "timestamp with time
> zone" then?

Andreas pointed that out awhile ago. I'm inclined to agree: equating
timestamp to timestamp with time zone is dead wrong, and we should
revert that pg_dump change.

regards, tom lane

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