In the README.time_zone, the SET BIND OF TIME ZONE TO EXTENDED is
described as being intended to "solve a problem of representing correct
time on clients missing ICU library".
All the text I can find, discusses how this is used when reading a
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE data type from a database, but how does this
apply to data input?
My understanding is that when a client local ICU is present, the
encodeTimeStampTz call uses the client local ICU to translate the
timestamp to GMT before passing it to the database. If no client local
ICU is present and the SET BIND has been executed then what happens?
Is the timestamp passed to the server where it is translated to GMT or
is an error raised?
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