Re: Fwd: patch: make_timestamp function - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Fwd: patch: make_timestamp function
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Msg-id 15019.1392844521@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Fwd: patch: make_timestamp function  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> My conclusion here is that the "time with time zone" datatype is broken
> in itself, because of this kind of ambiguity.

That's the conclusion that's been arrived at by pretty much everybody
who's looked at it with any care.

> Maybe we should just
> avoid offering more functionality on top of it, that is get rid of
> make_timetz() in this patch?

+1.  We don't need to encourage people to use that type.
        regards, tom lane



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