Re: Re: Interval FAQ - please review - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: Re: Interval FAQ - please review
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In response to Re: Interval FAQ - please review  (Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>)
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>>>>> "JB" == Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:

>> Those docs are lacking an explanation that there is no such thing in
>> PostgreSQL as a timestamp *without* time zone.

JB> Hmmm .... OK, I'll revise the A: but I *don't* want to go into Time Zone
JB> issues in this intro.   Any docs I can link to?

The only good explanation came from the mailing list, from Tom Lane,
naturally ;-).  Basically, nobody wants to change it, and using a view
or a client-side function to strip the timezone info is the way to do
it.



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