| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jeremy Morton <admin(at)game-point(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Jeremy Morton <postgres(at)game-point(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Support for DATETIMEOFFSET |
| Date: | 2020-04-10 14:07:09 |
| Message-ID: | 30253.1586527629@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jeremy Morton <admin(at)game-point(dot)net> writes:
> Oh well. Guess I keep using SQL Server then. datetimeoffset makes it
> impossible for developers to make the mistake of forgetting to use UTC
> instead of local datetime,
Really? That would be a remarkable feat for a mere datatype to
accomplish.
> and for that reason alone it makes it
> invaluable in my opinion. It should be used universally instead of
> datetime.
What's it do that timestamptz together with setting timezone to UTC
doesn't?
regards, tom lane
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