now() and time zone
Hello,
I am a bit sorry to come back on that topic but I just cannot get it right. How comes that
select now() at time zone 'EST'
returns
"2006-10-04 15:59:26.713623"
when it is actually 16:59 on the east coast? Can it be that the server where the PostgreSQL database is located is not properly configured?
Many thanks
Jean
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 02:01:18PM -0700, Jean-Christophe Roux wrote:
Hello,
I am a bit sorry to come back on that topic but I just cannot get it right. How comes that
select now() at time zone 'EST'
returns
"2006-10-04 15:59:26.713623"
when it is actually 16:59 on the east coast? Can it be that the server where the PostgreSQL database is located is not properly configured?
Maybe there's summar time/daylight savings time? I'm unsure if "EST" is
supposed to reflect that.
You can say things like:
select now() at time zone 'America/California';
Perhaps that gets you something more reasonable?
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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Yes you are right, that's what I have just realized; I should be using EDT instead of EST. Sorry for the bother
JCR
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From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>
To: Jean-Christophe Roux <jcxxr@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2006 5:06:42 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] now() and time zone
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 02:01:18PM -0700, Jean-Christophe Roux wrote:
Hello,
I am a bit sorry to come back on that topic but I just cannot get it right. How comes that
select now() at time zone 'EST'
returns
"2006-10-04 15:59:26.713623"
when it is actually 16:59 on the east coast? Can it be that the server where the PostgreSQL database is located is not properly configured?
Maybe there's summar time/daylight savings time? I'm unsure if "EST" is
supposed to reflect that.
You can say things like:
select now() at time zone 'America/California';
Perhaps that gets you something more reasonable?
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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Jean-Christophe Roux <jcxxr@yahoo.com> writes:
I am a bit sorry to come back on that topic but I just cannot get it right. How comes that
select now() at time zone 'EST'
returns
"2006-10-04 15:59:26.713623"
when it is actually 16:59 on the east coast?
USA east coast is currently on EDT ... not EST.
In PG 8.1 and later you can say AT TIME ZONE 'EST5EDT' or
AT TIME ZONE 'America/New_York' to get the behavior I think you are
after.
regards, tom lane