From 359a2df63065e3327ca3ab7cb0cfb73da6934a31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 10:42:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v1] Clarify timestamptz input time zone behavior
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 doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 1d9127e94e..ef5c90775a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -2254,12 +2254,12 @@ TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE '2004-10-19 10:23:54+02'
      </para>
 
      <para>
-      For <type>timestamp with time zone</type>, the internally stored
-      value is always in UTC (Universal
-      Coordinated Time, traditionally known as Greenwich Mean Time,
-      <acronym>GMT</acronym>).  An input value that has an explicit
-      time zone specified is converted to UTC using the appropriate offset
-      for that time zone.  If no time zone is stated in the input string,
+      For <type>timestamp with time zone</type>, an input value that has an
+      explicit time zone specified will be converted to
+      UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) using the appropriate offset for that
+      time zone. This value will be stored internally as UTC and the original
+      specified time zone is not retained.
+      If no time zone is stated in the input string,
       then it is assumed to be in the time zone indicated by the system's
       <xref linkend="guc-timezone"/> parameter, and is converted to UTC using the
       offset for the <varname>timezone</varname> zone.
-- 
2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)