Re: what is the date format in binary query results

From: Reg Me Please <regmeplease(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins(at)mac(dot)com>
Subject: Re: what is the date format in binary query results
Date: 2007-11-08 15:59:25
Message-ID: 200711081659.25977.regmeplease@gmail.com
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Il Thursday 08 November 2007 16:18:58 Tom Lane ha scritto:
> It's either an int8 representing microseconds away from 2000-01-01
> 00:00:00 UTC, or a float8 representing seconds away from the same
> origin.

Does this mean that negative numbers are for timestamps before y2k?

Why and when there is a choice between int8 and float8 representation?

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