> > It seems like it would be so much more useful if the timestamp with
> > time zone type actually stored the time zone in the record.
>
> This has been requested before, and it would be closer to the intention
> of the SQL standard, but I guess it won't happen.
>
> For one, it would change on-disk storage, which would make it
> impossible to use pg_upgrade. It also would require timestamps to
> occupy more than 8 bytes.
>
> The best solution is probably to explicitly store the time zone as
> an additional column.
Would that not be a perfect candidate for a fully fleshed out,
exemplary composite type ?
(but, then, yes it would beg the question what the TZ field of
the composite is to actually mean...)
Karsten