Re: Assign the system timezone to a variable in a function?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Steve Murphy <smurphy(at)intorrent(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Assign the system timezone to a variable in a function?
Date: 2011-05-24 13:49:20
Message-ID: 5276.1306244960@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Steve Murphy <smurphy(at)intorrent(dot)com> wrote:
>> Take the result of "show timezone", and assign it to a variable
>> in a function.

> I was about to suggest querying the pg_settings table, then noticed
> there was no 'timezone' record in it, which is pretty odd imo. You
> can look at the log_timezone record however, which might be correct.

It's spelled "TimeZone" for historical reasons. See also the
current_setting() function.

regards, tom lane

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