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| 1 | +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.245 2010/02/25 18:16:53 momjian Exp $ --> |
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3 | 3 | <chapter id="datatype"> |
4 | 4 | <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> |
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1523 | 1523 |
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1524 | 1524 | <note> |
1525 | 1525 | <para> |
1526 | | - Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3, writing just |
1527 | | - <type>timestamp</type> was equivalent to <type>timestamp with |
1528 | | - time zone</type>. This was changed for SQL compliance. |
| 1526 | + The SQL standard requires that writing just <type>timestamp</type> |
| 1527 | + be equivalent to <type>timestamp <emphasis>without</> time |
| 1528 | + zone</type>, and <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> honors that |
| 1529 | + behavior. (Releases prior to 7.3 treated it as <type>timestamp |
| 1530 | + with time zone</type>.) |
1529 | 1531 | </para> |
1530 | 1532 | </note> |
1531 | 1533 |
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