| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc(at)mega-bucks(dot)co(dot)jp> |
| Cc: | Peter Darley <pdarley(at)kinesis-cem(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: infinity as a date |
| Date: | 2002-12-30 04:48:30 |
| Message-ID: | 200212300448.gBU4mUU19535@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Added to TODO:
* Allow infinite dates just like infinite timestamps
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Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> Peter Darley wrote:
> >
> > Not that I feel that I get a vote, but it seems to me that an infinite date
> > doesn't make any sense.
>
> I agree, but if you are going to have infinite timestamps, you should
> have infinite dates. A timestamp is a point in time after all ... just
> like a date.
>
> I don't care either way, I just want consistency.
>
> Jc
>
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