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)? -- Reg me Please ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend