From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Chris <ctlajoie@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Is timestamptz alias documented?
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:35:53 -0500
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Chris <ctlajoie@gmail.com> writes:
> I have been unable to find where it is mentioned that timestamptz can be
> used as shorthand for 'timestamp with time zone'.
See table 8-1 here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/datatype.html
We don't emphasize it, since it's a nonstandard Postgres-ism.
> Is this a new alias, or
> has it been around for some time?
It's been around since the '90s I'm sure, maybe even back to Berkeley days.
regards, tom lane
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