Why You Should Use Timestamptz

I see a lot project using timestamp data type in there databases. I tend to think that this is a bad idea. Dev Is Not Prod Your local setup may have a timezone which reflect your physical location. This may not be the case of your server(s), which could have a specific timezone, or, UTC time. Which is better by the way (more on than later). So you will experience bug and issues if you do not pay attention to it....

July 10, 2019 · 2 min · 332 words · Rémi Desgrange