Re: What is a typical precision of gettimeofday()?

From: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, hannuk(at)google(dot)com, x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru
Subject: Re: What is a typical precision of gettimeofday()?
Date: 2025-07-08 00:46:17
Message-ID: 39903bd6-6e51-46f4-95c0-49284f45529b@postgresfriends.org
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On 08/07/2025 02:37, Tom Lane wrote:
> Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org> writes:
>> Having read through this thread, is there any chance at all that we
>> might be able to implement feature F555, “Enhanced seconds precision”?
> Don't see how we could do that without an on-disk compatibility break
> for timestamps.

Yeah, I don't see how either.

> (If we did decide to break compatibility, my own first priority
> would be to make timestamptz actually include a timezone ...)

That comes with its own set of issues, but I don't want to hijack this
thread more than I already have.

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Vik Fearing

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