From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Timestamp with timezone question.
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:59:46 -0600
Message-ID: <20050222065946.GA5861@wolff.to> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0502211557140.7123-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 16:16:04 +0200,
Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
>
> Since pgsql always converts a timestamptz to UTC, we have lost
> the information of the Sender's local timezone.
>
> Should i go with a separete date and timetz ?
Someone else gave you a recommended solution.
However there was a discussion on the order of 6 months ago about changing
the timestamptz type to keep this information. Nothing will be changing
in the near future, but you may (or may not) find the discussion useful.
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