> > Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello@gmail.com <mailto:fabriziomello@gmail.com>> writes: > > I think the goal of the "make_date/time/timestamp" function series is build > > a date/time/timestamp from scratch, so the use of 'make_timestamptz' is to > > build a specific timestamp with timezone and don't convert it. > > Yeah; we don't really want to incur an extra timezone rotation just to get > to a timestamptz. However, it's not clear to me if make_timestamptz() > needs to have an explicit zone parameter or not. It could just assume > that you meant the active timezone. >
+1. And if you want a different timezone you can just set the 'timezone' GUC.
Why wouldn't we have a version that optionally accepts the timezone? That mirrors what you can currently do with a cast from text, and having to set the GUC if you need a different TZ would be a real PITA.
It is not bad idea.
What will be format for timezone in this case? Is a doble enough?
last version of this patch attached (without overloading in this moment)