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by julie1 4427 days ago
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/datatype-datetime....

The postgresql manpage says it loud: don't fucking use timestamp with timezone. It is bounded to political decision that makes it unusable compared to an UTC TS. Plus good practices says: store UTC present in local

Does any one Read The Fantastics Manual these days?

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The docs say "don't use time with time zone".

That's very different than timestamp with time zone, which you should be using unless you have a very good reason to not.