Re: storing TZ along timestamps

"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>> The timestamp and the timezone in which that timestamp was entered
>> are two separate pieces of data and *ought* to be in two separate
>> fields.
> So, if you're grabbing a timestamp and the time zone for it, how do
> you ensure you've done that atomically if you're at the boundary of
> a DST change?

In my view of the world, the timezone that you are in is not an object
that changes across a DST boundary.  So the above is a red herring.
It is only a problem if you insist on a broken concept of what a
timezone is.
        regards, tom lane