"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Why is it timestamptz can store a date and time to 1 microsecond in 8
> bytes but a timetz needs 12 to store just the time to 1 microsecond?

It's tracking the timezone explicitly ... something that timestamptz
really ought to do too.

                        regards, tom lane

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