Re: Timestamp with and without timezone conversion confusion.

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Timestamp with and without timezone conversion confusion.
Date: 2013-10-02 11:21:08
Message-ID: 20131002112107.GH4431@hermes.hilbert.loc
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On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 09:18:30AM +0000, Albe Laurenz wrote:

> > Maybe the question I need to ask is "how can I store the time zone along with the timestamp"
>
> Store an additional field "offset".
> If you want to invest more energy and don't mind writing C,
> you could create your own data type.

Might not a composite type (timestamp without timezone, interval) suffice ?

Or does that still need some C sprinkling (for operator support, say) ?

Karsten
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