Re: Datetime

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com>
Cc: "Pedro B(dot)" <pedro(dot)borracha(at)netcabo(dot)pt>, Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Datetime
Date: 2004-08-03 22:55:08
Message-ID: 14757.1091573708@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com> writes:
> I don't quite understand how I am wrong in saying that PostgreSQL does
> not use UNIX epoch timestamps internally, as you've clearly explained
> it doesn't.

We are talking at cross-purposes. I thought you were suggesting that PG
doesn't use a seconds-from-epoch form at all, but some other format
(such as perhaps separate yyyy/mm/dd/hh/mm/ss fields). Sorry if I added
to the confusion instead of dispelling it.

regards, tom lane

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