Re: storing TZ along timestamps - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: storing TZ along timestamps
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Msg-id BANLkTikFbURqtP7-V4NJK7Rseq6kYL3=cQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: storing TZ along timestamps  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Excerpts from Jeff Davis's message of mié jun 01 19:57:40 -0400 2011:
>> On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 16:43 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > One of our customers is interested in being able to store original
>> > timezone along with a certain timestamp.
>>
>> I assume that you're talking about a new data type, not augmenting the
>> current types, correct?
>
> Yes

why not use a composite type for that?  performance maybe?

merlin


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