On 03/10/11 20:52, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 03/10/2011 09:57 AM, silly sad wrote:
>> On 03/10/11 20:48, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>>> On 03/10/2011 09:15 AM, silly sad wrote:
>>>> On 03/10/11 20:07, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>>>>> On 03/10/2011 08:53 AM, silly sad wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, 'epoch' clearly is a point in time with the hour being
>>>>>>> midnight at
>>>>>>> GMT, so I don't see a problem with epoch making such an adjustment:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> great! the flexible epoch!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> when do want to point an epoch to?
>>>>>> just set timezone and enjoy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure what your point is.
>>>>
>>>> my point is:
>>>>
>>>> SELECT extract('epoch' from 'epoch'::timestamp);
>>>
>>> Simplest explanation is you are comparing a time zone aware datetime
>>> 'epoch' to an unaware one 'epoch'::timezone. The second one, since it
>>> is not anchored to a time zone is taken to be local time and the result
>>> you get is the interval in seconds between the two.
>>
>> (1) do u really believe in this?
>> (2) why didn't u try the select i wrote?
>
> Yes
> I did.
do u think the 'epoch' of 'epoch' should not be 0 ?
