Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC86475EBF for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:33:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.libertyrms.com (unknown [209.167.124.227]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66243475E91 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:33:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from andrew by mail.libertyrms.com with local (Exim 3.22 #3 (Debian)) id 18ZYV3-0006Ug-00 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:33:41 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:33:41 -0500 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: index usage Message-ID: <20030117103341.E23422@mail.libertyrms.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <10597430257.20030117164800@sarkor.com> <11751.1042815424@sss.pgh.pa.us> <87109443711.20030117200814@sarkor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <87109443711.20030117200814@sarkor.com>; from thor@sarkor.com on Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:08:14PM +0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200301/182 X-Sequence-Number: 829 On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:08:14PM +0500, Timur Irmatov wrote: > Well, I've a seen a lot of people on pgsql-general mailing list with > problems with dates, timestamps, and I was just scared of using > PostreSQL date and time types and functions.. What problems? The only problems I know of with datetime stuff are on those machines with the utterly silly glibc hobbling, and even that has been worked around in recent releases. I think the date and time handling in PostgreSQL beats most systems. It just works, and handles all the time-zone conversions for you and everything. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Liberty RMS Toronto, Ontario Canada M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110