Re: Set timezone in ODBC

--- "Walker, Jed S" <Jed_Walker(at)cable(dot)comcast(dot)com>
wrote:

> Unfortunately I'm not doing the ODBC piece, but I
> had suggested that.
> Maybe they just don't know how to issue "set
> timezone" through an ODBC
> interface? Any thoughts on that?

It works the same as any SQL command sent to the
server. A "set it and forget it" way, if using a DSN
and wanting to use the same timezone option all of the
time, is to include the command in the "connect
settings" box in the DSN window.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Eckermann
> [mailto:jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com]
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 7:56 AM
> To: Walker, Jed S
> Cc: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ODBC] Set timezone in ODBC
>
> --- 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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