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Commit bfd0cd55 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian
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Clearly document that timestamp alone means timestamp without timezone,

per SQL standard, and mention 7.3 behavior at the end.
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<!-- $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"> <chapter id="datatype">
<title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title>
...@@ -1523,9 +1523,11 @@ SELECT E'\\xDEADBEEF'; ...@@ -1523,9 +1523,11 @@ SELECT E'\\xDEADBEEF';
<note> <note>
<para> <para>
Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3, writing just The SQL standard requires that writing just <type>timestamp</type>
<type>timestamp</type> was equivalent to <type>timestamp with be equivalent to <type>timestamp <emphasis>without</> time
time zone</type>. This was changed for SQL compliance. zone</type>, and <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> honors that
behavior. (Releases prior to 7.3 treated it as <type>timestamp
with time zone</type>.)
</para> </para>
</note> </note>
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