Re: Time conversion across various parts of world

deepthi(at)granwill(dot)com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For example, our website is running on a server located in Japan and we have
> another website #2 running in US. our database is located on the server in
> Japan. when some one accesses our website #2 which is located in US, the time
> at which the user accessed our website #2 has to be registered in a database
> which is situated in Japan. but at present i am getting the system time of the
> server which is in japan. How can i convert this time or get the corresponding
> time at US using pgsql time zone feature or if anything else.
>
> Please note: Our other website#2 can be located in other parts of the world
> also, it need not be US only. I have the country name where our website#2 is
> located and by using this name i need to get the time in that country.

store GMT in the database always, convert back to local time when you display it.