Re: [HACKERS] TODO list

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] TODO list
Date: 2000-01-17 16:17:58
Message-ID: 200001171617.LAA29027@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > I was meaning to ask you which of the date/time types are going to be
> > left standing when the dust settles. (I know you've said, but the
> > archives are so messed up right now that I can't find it.)
> > Timestamp is the only remaining standard type without an array type,
> > and if it's not going to be deprecated then it ought to have one...
>
> "timestamp" will continue, but *all* of the code will come from a
> renamed "datetime". So don't bother adding anything for timestamp,
> since it will magically appear when datetime gets renamed.
>
> btw, I will make "datetime" a synonym for "timestamp", so existing
> apps should work without change.

Got it. Never mind.

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