Steve Howe <howe(at)carcass(dot)dhs(dot)org> writes:
> Just wondering if the datetime type was dropped on purpose from
> PostgreSQL 7.3 ?
Yes. Ad-hoc name translations in the parser create bogosities with
respect to schemas --- I forget the details, but it was either drop
"datetime" or make it a reserved keyword. Since datetime has been
deprecated for a couple releases now, the choice seemed clear.
regards, tom lane