Re: Is there away to output a time stamp in a specified time zone with the time zone indicator (e.g. EDT)

On 2012-05-02, Matrix Guy <matrixguy696(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

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> I'm referring to US time zones here.=A0 I'd like to output a time stamp field
> in a specified time zone.=A0 I'd also like to display the time zone
(e.g. EDT) at the end.=A0 Ideally,

trivially this is done by issuing set commands

set session timezone to 'america/new_york';
set session datestyle to 'sql,mdy';

select now();
05/12/2012 22:54:22.693175 EDT

select now() - interval '3 month' ;
02/12/2012 22:56:38.28168 EST

set session timezone to 'america/denver';
select now();
05/12/2012 21:00:13.998272 MDT

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