From: | Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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To: | Walker Jed S <Jed_Walker(at)cable(dot)comcast(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Set timezone in ODBC |
Date: | 2005-06-10 13:56:10 |
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--- Greg Campbell <greg(dot)campbell(at)us(dot)michelin(dot)com>
wrote:
> Curious,
> I did a brief experiment on the PostgreSQL server
> with psql without ODBC
> inverviening
> .
> Something like
> SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL '08:00' HOUR TO MINUTE;
> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS TEST_TIME;
> SET TIME ZONE DEFAULT;
> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS TEST_TIME;
>
> It did return timestamps that were marked as 8 hrs.
> different.
>
> I am wondering if ODBC is just not passing the
> adjusted time. I don't
> know why it would be biased in one direction
> (message to server being
> adjusted, but data coming back not ???)
> Is your field of 'timestamp with timezone' or just
> timestamp?
Maybe this is just too blindingly obvious, but I
haven't seen it mentioned in this thread: why not just
issue a "set timezone" command from your client
session? Has that been tried, and with failure?
>
>
>
>
> Walker, Jed S wrote:
>
> > We don't want to change the timezone on the
> server.
> >
> > We could have the client send the timestamp with
> timezone but without
> > setting the time (using set timezone to) then they
> get back the
> > timestamps in the server timezone which they don't
> want.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Campbell
> [mailto:greg(dot)campbell(at)us(dot)michelin(dot)com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:15 AM
> > To: Walker, Jed S
> > Cc: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [ODBC] Set timezone in ODBC
> >
> > To configure a server for a default timezone, see
> the PostgreSQL admin
> > guide for the PostgreSql configuration file, the
> TIMEZONE parameter.
> >
> >
> >
> > Walker, Jed S wrote:
> >
> >
> >>We have just setup our first PostgreSQL system. We
> have a vendor
> >
> > product
> >
> >>that connects via ODBC. That vendor product needs
> to talk in a
> >
> > different
> >
> >>timezone than our database server is at. How can
> you specify a
> >
> > timezone
> >
> >>to use through ODBC?
> >>
> >>
> >> Jed S. Walker
> >>
> >
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