X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A0A08B9D5F for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:44:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31710-06 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:44:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wolff.to (wolff.to [66.93.249.74]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 299CF8B9D95 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:44:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: (qmail 6186 invoked by uid 500); 22 Feb 2005 06:59:46 -0000 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:59:46 -0600 From: Bruno Wolff III To: Achilleus Mantzios Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Timestamp with timezone question. Message-ID: <20050222065946.GA5861@wolff.to> Mail-Followup-To: Achilleus Mantzios , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.007 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200502/232 X-Sequence-Number: 20343 On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 16:16:04 +0200, Achilleus Mantzios 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.