Re: [GENERAL] Timestamp/Timezone - does this make sense?

2007-02-14 Thread Berend Tober
Mike Harding wrote: mvh=> set time zone 'UTC'; SET mvh=> select now(); now --- 2007-02-13 03:37:35.660652+00 (1 row) "+00" says your database thinks you are in Greenwich. mvh=> select timestamp with time zone '2007-01-01' at time zone 'America/Los_Angeles'; timezon

Re: [GENERAL] Timestamp/Timezone - does this make sense?

2007-02-14 Thread Tom Lane
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think he's asking why: > select timestamp with time zone '2007-01-01' > at time zone 'America/Los_Angeles'; > returns a different value than > select timestamp '2007-01-01' > at time zone 'America/Los_Angeles'; Those are transform

Re: [GENERAL] Timestamp/Timezone - does this make sense?

2007-02-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/14/07 01:42, Tom Lane wrote: > Mike Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Where does that extra 8 hours come from? > > Ellay is 8 hours west of UTC (at least on 1-Jan, at least till our > congresscritters see fit to monkey with the DST laws aga

Re: [GENERAL] Timestamp/Timezone - does this make sense?

2007-02-13 Thread Tom Lane
Mike Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where does that extra 8 hours come from? Ellay is 8 hours west of UTC (at least on 1-Jan, at least till our congresscritters see fit to monkey with the DST laws again). What problem have you got with these answers? They look right to me.