Re: Default to TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE?

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:33 AM Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>
wrote:

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> I always use the tz version, except when I forget.

I find it nearly impossible for me to forget how this works. But that is
probably because I just pretend that the standard, multi-word, data types
don't even exist. It's not that "timestamp" defaults to "WITHOUT TIME
ZONE" but rather that there are only two types in existence: timestamp and
timestamptz. It's self-evident which one doesn't handle time zones.

> Suspect that it is extremely rare when one would not want to use the TZ
> option, which suggests to me that using TZ should be the default.
>
>
I would agree, but at this point I'd leave it up to documentation and
educational materials to teach/encourage, not runtime behaviors.

David J.