Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Kevin Grittner wrote:
>
>> But the standard doesn't say anything about storing a time zone
>> *name* or *abbreviation* -- it requires that it be stored as UTC
>> with the *offset* (in hours and minutes). That makes it pretty
>> close to what we have -- it's all about a difference in
>> presentation. And as far as I can see it completely dodges the
>> kinds of problems you're talking about.
>
> Yeah, it does, but is it useful?
More so than CHAR(n). It would have been beneficial to support for
the same reason.
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