Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kvRRJ-0006dc-Vy for pgsql-bugs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:54:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kvRRI-0006IR-Ul for pgsql-bugs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:54:24 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kvRRI-0006IE-OW for pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:54:24 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kvRRG-0006J6-C3 for pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:54:24 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 101KsKqg2536620; Fri, 1 Jan 2021 15:54:20 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Dana Burd cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: BUG #16797: EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM timestamp) is not using local timezone In-reply-to: References: <16797-f264b0b980b53b8b@postgresql.org> <2396654.1609354902@sss.pgh.pa.us> <2405485.1609363754@sss.pgh.pa.us> <2527205.1609521492@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Dana Burd message dated "Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:14:20 -0500" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2536618.1609534460.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:54:20 -0500 Message-ID: <2536619.1609534460@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Dana Burd writes: > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 12:18 PM Tom Lane wrote: >> Perhaps a better phrasing is "for date and timestamp values, the nomina= l >> number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00, without regard to timezone >> or daylight-savings rules". > That phrasing makes sense. Sounds good, done here: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=3Dpostgresql.git;a=3Dcommitdiff;h=3D4= d3f03f42227bb351c2021a9ccea2fff9c023cfc Also see https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=3Dpostgresql.git;a=3Dcommitdiff;h=3D3= 19f4d54e82d15d4a0c3f4cc1328c40dba024b5c regards, tom lane