Re: Question about timezones

From: Steven Klassen <sklassen(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Postgresql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Question about timezones
Date: 2004-10-07 20:43:49
Message-ID: 20041007204349.GC19692@commandprompt.com
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* Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> [2004-10-07 22:22:24 +0200]:

> Is there any way I can use these from within postgresql? Those files
> contains details about daylight saving changes and other useful
> details like that, which a simple PST or EST won't cover. Or should
> I simply do all my date/time conversion in my application?

The time zone support seems pretty exhaustive. Check out section B-r
in the document below.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/datetime-keywords.html

HTH,

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