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Re: what is the date format in binary query results

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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.

			regards, tom lane

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