Re: int4 -> unix timestamp -> sql timestamp; abstime?

On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 07:44:46PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> >> The recommended locution is
> >>
> >> SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' + <x> * INTERVAL '1 second';
>
> > I think this should read:
>
> > SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' + <x> * INTERVAL '1 second';
> > /* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ */
>
> It's correct as written; your modification throws it off by the
> local GMT offset.

Thanks for the heads-up. I was just about to Do The Wrong Thing(TM)
in a doc patch re: ALTER COLUMN TYPE :)

Cheers,
D
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