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Re: what is the date format in binary query results

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Il Thursday 08 November 2007 17:09:22 Tom Lane ha scritto:
> Reg Me Please <regmeplease@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Il Thursday 08 November 2007 16:18:58 Tom Lane ha scritto:
> >> It's either an int8 representing microseconds away from 2000-01-01
> >> 00:00:00 UTC, or a float8 representing seconds away from the same
> >> origin.
> >
> > Does this mean that negative numbers are for timestamps before y2k?
>
> Right.
>
> > Why and when there is a choice between int8 and float8 representation?
>
> configure --enable-integer-datetimes.

Wow: it's at compile time!

How can I tell which one has been choosen by my distribution (Ubuntu)?

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