<indexterm zone="datatype-datetime">

<primary>timestamp</primary>

</indexterm>

<indexterm zone="datatype-datetime">

<primary>timestamptz</primary>

</indexterm>

<indexterm zone="datatype-datetime">

<primary>timestamp with time zone</primary>

</indexterm>

be equivalent to <type>timestamp without time

zone</type>, and <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> honors that

behavior. (Releases prior to 7.3 treated it as <type>timestamp

with time zone</type>.)

with time zone</type>.) <type>timestamptz</type> is taken as an

abbreviation for <type>timestamp with time zone</type>; this is a

<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.

</para>

</note>