> timestamptz stores GMT; it doesn't store timezone separately. > (If it did, we'd need more than 8 bytes...)
Oh, yeah. Duh.
> Because we haven't lifted a finger to optimize it.
Well, that's a direct answer. Ok, will put it in the list of "TODO next
time we change the on-disk format".
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