Re: BUG #18034: Accept the spelling "+infinity" in datetime input is not accurate

On 8/18/23 15:57, yanliang lei wrote:
> Dear everyone，
> I raise this question based on the following considerations:
> 1. Make PostgreSQL easier for beginners to learn；
> 2. PostgreSQL is a database software product rather than a database software project. A product means being more user-friendly, precise, and reducing the likelihood of misunderstandings。
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> The datetime type may make beginners think that there is a datetime data type in the PostgreSQL database. Although senior PostgreSQL professionals know that there is no datetime data type, the datetime type is enough to make beginners misunderstand.
> However, When they saw that the ReleaseNote in PostgreSQL 16 recorded "Accept the spelling"+infinity "in datetime type input"，
> the term 'datetime type' is sufficient for beginners to misunderstand , unless it is noted that 'datetime type' is a general term, representing the following PostgreSQL data types: timestamp [(p)] [without time zone], timestamp [(p)] with time zone, date。
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> I am not nitpicking ，I hope that: PostgreSQL database software products can become more perfect and accurate。
> Thanks a lot！

On the other hand, the standard talks about datetime types as a
collection of dates, times, timestamps, and intervals; and there is no
type called "datetime" in the standard. We are just doing the same
thing here.
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Vik Fearing