Re: Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf - Mailing list pgsql-general

From grimy.outshine830@aceecat.org
Subject Re: Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf
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In response to Re: Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf  (Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>)
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On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:11:03AM +0100, Laurenz Albe wrote:

> It might be good to explain how "timestamp with time zone" works.
> That's often confusing for beginners, because it is different from
> other databases and arguably deviates from the SQL standard.

The most confusing part is the name :-P

It is natural for a beginner -- and I am not that far from being a
beginner -- to assume a data type with this name must store a time
zone somehow.

-- 
Ian



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