From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: pgsql: Doc: clarify behavior of timestamptz input some more.
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:41:13 +0000
Message-ID: <E1tgSLo-005syW-Q1@gemulon.postgresql.org> (raw)
Doc: clarify behavior of timestamptz input some more.
Try to make it absolutely plain that we don't retain the
originally specified time zone, only the UTC timestamp.
While at it, make glossary entries for "UTC" and "GMT".
Author: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Co-authored-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/173796426022.1064.9135167366862649513@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 13
Branch
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REL_17_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/480acbbd426863fbaddf0606325e9a49e40bd86c
Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 17 ++++++++++-------
doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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