Re: UUID v7

From: Przemysław Sztoch <przemyslaw(at)sztoch(dot)pl>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: UUID v7
Date: 2024-01-16 21:09:56
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> Another question: how did you choose between using TimestampTz and
> Timestamp types? I realize that internally it's all the same. Maybe
> Timestamp will be slightly better since the way it is displayed
> doesn't depend on the session settings. Many people I talked to find
> this part of TimestampTz confusing.
timstamptz internally always store UTC.
I believe that in SQL, when operating with time in UTC, you should
always use timestamptz.
timestamp is theoretically the same thing. But internally it does not
convert time to UTC and will lead to incorrect use.
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