Re: code cleanup of timestamp code

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:22:03AM -0800, Warren Turkal wrote:
> As a result, I have a few questions about the timestamp code. In what
> instances is the floating point timestamp recommended? I see that
> Debian and Ubuntu ship packages that use the int64 timestamps. Is the
> backend smart enough to not load and use a database with timestamp
> fields created with the representation not compiled into the compiler?
> And finally, would this work be welcome in PostgreSQL? I view is as a
> kind of beginner janitor type of project to get my feet wet.

AIUI it's because there are systems that have broken 64-integer
support. Or at least, that's the theory. There was a question recently
to check if there really are such systems still running...

Have a nice day,
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