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5 | 5 | <chapter id="datatype">
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1340 | 1340 | outside that range are in <acronym>UTC</acronym>.
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1341 | 1341 | </para>
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1342 | 1342 |
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1343 |
| - <para> |
1344 |
| - To ensure an upgrade path from versions of |
1345 |
| - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> earlier than 7.0, |
1346 |
| - we recognize <type>datetime</type> |
1347 |
| - (equivalent to <type>timestamp</type>) and |
1348 |
| - <type>timespan</type> (equivalent to <type>interval</type>). |
1349 |
| - These types are |
1350 |
| - now restricted to having an |
1351 |
| - implicit translation to <type>timestamp</type> and |
1352 |
| - <type>interval</type>, and |
1353 |
| - support for these will be removed in the next release of |
1354 |
| - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> (likely named 7.3). |
1355 |
| - </para> |
1356 |
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1357 | 1343 | <para>
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1358 | 1344 | The types <type>abstime</type>
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1359 | 1345 | and <type>reltime</type> are lower precision types which are used internally.
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1360 |
| - You are discouraged from usingany ofthese types in new |
| 1346 | + You are discouraged from using these types in new |
1361 | 1347 | applications and are encouraged to move any old
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1362 | 1348 | ones over when appropriate. Any or all of these internal types
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1363 | 1349 | might disappear in a future release.
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