On 16.09.2019 14:03, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
On 2019-09-16 12:51, Alex Peshkoff via Firebird-devel wrote:
With ALTER SESSION DESCRIBE STATEMENT a number of problems with
extended timestamp format will be gone automatically. But one of key
problems remains - what can client do with timezone code when it does
not know conversion rule for it.
A nice solutipn was already suggested by Vlad - extend timestamp with
timezone with 2 bytes and always send offset to client in them. This
format does not require any tuning and is a real 'brute-force'
solution for a problem with unknown to client timezone code. When
sending data in reverse direction (from client to server) server is
using timezone code when it's present (i.e. offset is ignored),
otherwise - offset.
Given the format, does that mean that timestamps with an offset have
the offset twice?
Certainly not.
Or will they now be two separate fields: one for the zone and one for
the offset?
Yes.
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