Re: timestamp with time zone ~> GMT

From: Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, bristleconeweb(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: timestamp with time zone ~> GMT
Date: 2025-02-07 15:50:20
Message-ID: CAJSLCQ1jRP5g=1zyttYeyS-Ui-0rGMCmUNrD1vmbJfCpxRXYAQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net> writes:
> > On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >> Hmm, I kind of like the up-front statement that timestamptz stores
> >> UTC. How about this simpler change?
>
> > I thought the re-order made sense since the preceding paragraph talks
> > exclusively about behavior, so this paragraph first contrasts the
> > behavioral difference between the two, and then mentions the storage
> > aspects as part of that story.
> > I actually like the above as well, but if it were me I'd move all
> > mentions of storage (the existing + the above) to the end of the
> > paragraph after the behavior aspects.
>
> OK, it makes more sense when considering the previous para as well.
> Here's a combined proposal that also adds glossary entries.
>

+1

Robert Treat
https://xzilla.net

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