-my gmail account On Jan 13, 2008 12:13 AM, Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 12, 2008 5:23 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm, PackedTime seems like a fairly random name for the type --- there's > > not anything particularly "packed" about it IMO. > > > > I'm a bit inclined to suggest just using the Timestamp typedef. > > I guess though that there's some risk of confusion between values > > that actually are "timestamp without time zone" and values that need > > the same representation but aren't actually intended to represent a > > specific point in time. > > > > Maybe "TimeOffset" or "TimeValue" or something like that? > > I do agree that Timestamp seems to express the same thing PackedTime > does Should we rename Timestamp to TimeOffset? > > > Other than the name game, I think you're headed in the right direction. > > > Thanks. > > I have a question. Are the low level representations of Timestamp and > TimestampTZ the same? > > wt >
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