garry saddington <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have the following table def. > CREATE TABLE periods > ( > periodid serial NOT NULL, > periodnumber integer NOT NULL, > periodstart time with time zone, > periodend time with time zone, > PRIMARY KEY (periodid) > ) > This definition does not insert time zone. If I use without time zone > then the time zone is inserted. > If I input a time like: 01:05 AM then on select I get something like: > 1970/01/01 01:05:00:00. Better look again --- if you get that output, the column is most certainly not a time column --- it must be timestamp. Perhaps you got confused about which table is which? regards, tom lane