Re: infinity as a date

From: Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc(at)mega-bucks(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Peter Darley <pdarley(at)kinesis-cem(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: infinity as a date
Date: 2002-12-13 05:59:48
Message-ID: 3DF97754.7090905@mega-bucks.co.jp
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Peter Darley wrote:
>
> Not that I feel that I get a vote, but it seems to me that an infinite date
> doesn't make any sense.

I agree, but if you are going to have infinite timestamps, you should
have infinite dates. A timestamp is a point in time after all ... just
like a date.

I don't care either way, I just want consistency.

Jc

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