On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 05:29:14PM -0400, Michael Clark wrote: > For example, if I insert like so: > INSERT INTO sometable (startdate) values ('1750-08-21 21:17:00+00:00'); > > I get the following when I select: > SELECT startdate FROM sometable; > startdate > ------------------------------ > 1750-08-21 15:59:28-05:17:32 > (1 row) It's impossible to tell without knowing what is your time zone, but I don't see anything particularly strange about it. Non-integer offsets do happen, and in the past there were more commonly used. Based on what I can see in timezone data, it looks that time zone America/Toronto used this offset until 1895. depesz -- The best thing about modern society is how easy it is to avoid contact with it. http://depesz.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general