On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 01:35:12PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
> note, btw, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE doesn't actually store the timezone...
> rather, it converts it to an internal representation of GMT, and then converts
> it back to display time at the client's current (or specified) time zone.

Right, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE converts the timestamp value to the
local time zone on output.  Imagine a monetary type that converted the
money amount to local currency on output --- that would be cool.

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