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Re: Why *exactly* is date_trunc() not immutable ?

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On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 09:19:43PM +0900, Michael Glaesemann wrote:

> >What I don't understand, however, is exactly *why* date_trunc is  
> >not immutable ?
> 
> I believe it's because the result of date_trunc depends on the time  
> zone setting for the session.

...

> So, given the same arguments, ('day', and current_timestamp),  
> date_trunc is returning two different results. (Casting to date has  
> the same issue.)

Ah, I see. That makes sense.

Now, if I'd write a

	date_trunc_utc(precision, timestamp with time zone)

which converts input timestamps to UTC I could fairly safely
mark that IMMUTABLE, no ?

Karsten
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