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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: what is the date format in binary query results
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In response to what is the date format in binary query results  (Samantha Atkins <sjatkins@mac.com>)
Responses Re: what is the date format in binary query results  (Reg Me Please <regmeplease@gmail.com>)
Re: what is the date format in binary query results  (Samantha Atkins <sjatkins@mac.com>)
Re: what is the date format in binary query results  (Samantha Atkins <sjatkins@mac.com>)
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Samantha Atkins <sjatkins@mac.com> writes:
> What can I expect for a date format from a PGresult containing binary
> results?  Specifically the Oid type is TIMESTAMPTZOID.

It's either an int8 representing microseconds away from 2000-01-01
00:00:00 UTC, or a float8 representing seconds away from the same
origin.

            regards, tom lane

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