Bharanee Rathna <deepfryed@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > To be more specific, I expected the output of both these queries to be the > same. > # select '2017-12-01 11:00:00 +11:00'::timestamp with time zone at time > zone '+11:00'; > # select '2017-12-01 11:00:00 +11:00'::timestamp with time zone at time > zone 'Australia/Melbourne'; The +11 in your timestamp input value is per ISO convention, but the argument of AT TIME ZONE is a zone name, so it follows the POSIX convention if it's numeric. regards, tom lane