Re: [GENERAL] timestamptz & 'infinity' & date

2007-12-31 Thread Tom Lane
Richard Broersma Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems that 'infinity' still can't be casted to a date. :-( It's still on the TODO list. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FA

Re: [GENERAL] TimestampTZ

2007-08-13 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Aug 13, 2007, at 0:35 , Naz Gassiep wrote: As clearly stated in the documentation http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/datatype- datetime.html#DATATYPE-TIMEZONES Perhaps I'm thick, but I don't find that particular page to be clear on this at all. Had you read the document

Re: [GENERAL] TimestampTZ

2007-08-12 Thread Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert wrote: Refer to this paragraph: (8.5.1.2) For timestamp with time zone, the internally stored value is always in UTC (Universal Coordinated Time, traditionally known as Greenwich Mean Time, GMT). An input value that has an explicit time zone specified is converted to UTC using th

Re: [GENERAL] TimestampTZ

2007-08-12 Thread Paul Lambert
Naz Gassiep wrote: As clearly stated in the documentation http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-TIMEZONES Perhaps I'm thick, but I don't find that particular page to be clear on this at all. - Naz. ---(end of broadcast)---

Re: [GENERAL] TimestampTZ

2007-08-12 Thread Naz Gassiep
As clearly stated in the documentation http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-TIMEZONES Perhaps I'm thick, but I don't find that particular page to be clear on this at all. - Naz. ---(end of broadcast)---

Re: [GENERAL] TimestampTZ

2007-08-12 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 02:47:06PM +1000, Naz Gassiep wrote: > When entering data into a timestamptz field, if no timezone is added > does it assume you've entered a UTC time, or the time at the timezone > set in the session with SET TIMEZONE, or the local system time ? i dont understand - why d

Re: [GENERAL] TimestampTZ

2007-08-12 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Aug 12, 2007, at 23:47 , Naz Gassiep wrote: When entering data into a timestamptz field, if no timezone is added does it assume you've entered a UTC time, or the time at the timezone set in the session with SET TIMEZONE, or the local system time ? As clearly stated in the documentati