Re: Why is there no object create date is the catalogs?

Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@gmail.com> writes:
> You are over thinking this. An object is only "created" once!

Yeah?  Would you expect that pg_dump followed by pg_restore would preserve
the original creation date?  What about pg_upgrade?

This has come up many times before, and we've always decided that it was
not as simple as it seems at first glance, and that it would be difficult
to satisfy all use-cases.  Try searching the archives for previous threads.

            regards, tom lane