Re: UTC timestamp

From: Jasen Betts <jasen(at)xnet(dot)co(dot)nz>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: UTC timestamp
Date: 2009-12-17 07:03:25
Message-ID: hgcl3t$ldd$1@reversiblemaps.ath.cx
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On 2009-12-16, Jean-Yves F. Barbier <12ukwn(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Jasen Betts a écrit :
>> On 2009-12-14, Jean-Yves F. Barbier <12ukwn(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> For legal timestamping I'd like to record a timestamp in UTC,
>>> but I can't find a way to do that, is it possible?
>>
>> timestamp with timezone (AKA timestamptz) is recorded in UTC
>
> Ok
>
>> display format depends on client settings.
>
> Ah, I see now why my display wasn't correct: I thought it was the
> server, but it was the client missinterpreting.
>
> Thanks!

you can alter the text form the sever gives
on a per-connection basis with

set time zone 'UTC';

or more permanently with

alter role "yourself" set time zone 'UTC';

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