On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 07:44:46PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> The recommended locution is
> >> 
> >> SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' + <x> * INTERVAL '1 second';
> 
> > I think this should read:
> 
> > SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' + <x> * INTERVAL 
> > '1 second';
> > /*                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ */
> 
> It's correct as written; your modification throws it off by the
> local GMT offset.

Thanks for the heads-up.  I was just about to Do The Wrong Thing(TM)
in a doc patch re: ALTER COLUMN TYPE :)

Cheers,
D
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