Re: 8.3: timestamp subtraction

Thanks Tom for your comments.

I meant the build in this directory:
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.6/win32/, and the builds for win32
of other versions in the binary directory.
What is the trend of these builds regarding floating point timestamps? For
example what about 8.4?

Thanks,
Otto

2009/5/24 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>

> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Havasv=F6lgyi_Ott=F3?= <havasvolgyi(dot)otto(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Thanks, It's off in both 8.2 and 8.3.
>
> As was already stated, that depends on which build you're using.
> (And no, "the Win32 distribution on the PgSql site" is not a unique
> description, not even for a single PG version.)
>
> > What will be the default in 8.4?
>
> The same comment will apply to 8.4. There is a general trend away from
> floating point timestamps, but there will probably be some builds
> continuing to use them for a long time to come, because of compatibility
> considerations.
>
> regards, tom lane
>