pgsql: Doc: clarify behavior of timestamptz input some more.

Started by Tom Laneover 1 year ago1 messagescomitters
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#1Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us

Doc: clarify behavior of timestamptz input some more.

Try to make it absolutely plain that we don't retain the
originally specified time zone, only the UTC timestamp.

While at it, make glossary entries for "UTC" and "GMT".

Author: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Co-authored-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: /messages/by-id/173796426022.1064.9135167366862649513@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 13

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REL_16_STABLE

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/bbf1ef72c22f1f3db778db0aaab8a1daa82d81f8

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doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 17 ++++++++++-------
doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)