Re: Assigning a timestamp without timezone to a timestamp

Brilliant, elegant and simple !!

I can't wait to try it (don't have access to Postgres 9-5 EDT) !!

thank-you !!

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:26:52AM -0700, chrisj wrote:
>> location, but they are the directive to all store locations saying: "In
>> the
>> context of the timezone your store is located in, these are the hours
>> you
>> should be open.
>
> Ah. Well, then, right, it _does_ have to be timezone free. That's
> actually the only case I'd use that. Sorry, I'm dim, and didn't
> understand properly what you were doing. (I read the "relative to
> the store's own time zone" to refer to the corporate office. No, I
> don't know why, either. Told you I'm dim.)
>
> Anyway, here's something that worked for me (expanding this into your
> case ought not to be too tricky):
>
> testing=# SELECT * from storetz ;
> id | timezone
> ----+----------
> 1 | -03
> (1 row)
>
> testing=# SELECT a.timestamp::timestamptz from (SELECT '2006-10-03
> 09:00'||"timezone" as timestamp from storetz where id = 1) as a;
> timestamp
> ------------------------
> 2006-10-03 12:00:00+00
> (1 row)
>
> A
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