>>>>> "TL" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
TL> The question to be asked is whether there is still anybody out there
TL> using float timestamps.
Gentoo's ebuild includes:
$(use_enable !pg_legacytimestamp integer-datetimes) \
meaning that by default --enable-integer-datetimes is passed to configure,
but if the pg_legacytimestamp use flag is set, then --disable-integer-datetimes
is passed instead.
They document it as:
<flag name="pg_legacytimestamp"> Use double precision floating-point numbers instead of 64-bit integers
fortimestamp storage. </flag>
Ie, w/o any kind of deprecation notice.
I don't know how many (how few?) add pg_legacytimestamp to USE when
merging postgresql. But it is still available as of 9.6 and also
with their live build of git://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git.
-JimC
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