Re: patch: make_timestamp function

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 06:07:38PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hello
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> 2013/12/17 Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
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>     2013/12/17 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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>         Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>         > Yeah, I think a constructor should allow a text timezone.
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>         Yes.  I think a numeric timezone parameter is about 99% useless,
>         and if you do happen to need that behavior you can just cast the
>         numeric to text no?
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>     yes, it is possible. Although fully numeric API is much more consistent.
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> I was wrong - there are timezones with minutes like Iran = '1:30';
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> so int in hours is bad type - so only text is probably best

I think India is the big non-integer timezone offset country:

        http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=176
        UTC/GMT +5:30 hours

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