From bfd0cd5568e8fe039cb002bcf97d1d2dd67f6493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:16:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clearly document that timestamp alone means timestamp without
timezone, per SQL standard, and mention 7.3 behavior at the end.
---
doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index f866bee8db5..8e25700a177 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.244 2010/02/24 15:54:31 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.245 2010/02/25 18:16:53 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="datatype">
<title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title>
@@ -1523,9 +1523,11 @@ SELECT E'\\xDEADBEEF';
<note>
<para>
- Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3, writing just
- <type>timestamp</type> was equivalent to <type>timestamp with
- time zone</type>. This was changed for SQL compliance.
+ The SQL standard requires that writing just <type>timestamp</type>
+ be equivalent to <type>timestamp <emphasis>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>.)
</para>
</note>
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