Re: patch: make_timestamp function

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 06:07:38PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hello
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> 2013/12/17 Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
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> 2013/12/17 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > Yeah, I think a constructor should allow a text timezone.
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> Yes.  I think a numeric timezone parameter is about 99% useless,
> and if you do happen to need that behavior you can just cast the
> numeric to text no?
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> yes, it is possible. Although fully numeric API is much more consistent.
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> I was wrong - there are timezones with minutes like Iran = '1:30';
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> so int in hours is bad type - so only text is probably best

I think India is the big non-integer timezone offset country:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=176
UTC/GMT +5:30 hours

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