pgsql: doc: clarify how TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE behaves

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: doc: clarify how TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE behaves
Date: 2026-07-21 16:06:31
Message-ID: E1wmCzH-00000000Bex-3qWj@gemulon.postgresql.org
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doc: clarify how TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE behaves

Mention "time zone conversion" as a way to clarify the time zone is not
stored in the database.

Reported-by: Richard Neill

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ddf41f033a8add84e1f28a095defafae@richardneill.org

Backpatch-through: 19

Branch
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REL_19_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/9fa107f07f06d8b0281f729931512ee896aa3440

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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