Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A6621337B66 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:36:02 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 97877-04 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:35:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46469133655C for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:35:54 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB7IZrqx025687; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:35:53 -0500 (EST) To: Chris cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Is timestamptz alias documented? In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Chris message dated "Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:28:44 -0700" Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:35:53 -0500 Message-ID: <25686.1291746953@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201012/6 X-Sequence-Number: 6242 Chris 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