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Re: Problems with timestamp with time zone and old dates?

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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Michael Clark <codingninja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> For example, if I insert like so:
>> INSERT INTO sometable (startdate) values ('1750-08-21 21:17:00+00:00');
>
> What's the reason for you inserting with an offest instead of letting
> the client timezone set it for you?  Just wondering.

Note that if you just want to get out what you're putting in (GMT) you
can do this:

select startdate at time zone 'GMT' from sometable ;
      timezone
---------------------
 1750-08-21 21:17:00


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