Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > Kevin Grittner wrote: > >> But the standard doesn't say anything about storing a time zone >> *name* or *abbreviation* -- it requires that it be stored as UTC >> with the *offset* (in hours and minutes). That makes it pretty >> close to what we have -- it's all about a difference in >> presentation. And as far as I can see it completely dodges the >> kinds of problems you're talking about. > > Yeah, it does, but is it useful?
More so than CHAR(n). It would have been beneficial to support for the same reason. -- Kevin Grittner EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
