Re: now() and time zone

[Jean-Christophe Roux <jcxxr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes you are right, that's what I have just realized; I should be using EDT instead of EST. Sorry for the bother
JCR

----- Original Message ----
From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Jean-Christophe Roux <jcxxr@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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,
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