From: | "cnliou" <cnliou(at)so-net(dot)net(dot)tw> |
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To: | "" <pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Inserting timestamp values from windowz application |
Date: | 2003-12-02 17:27:36 |
Message-ID: | 1070386056.30928.cnliou@so-net.net.tw |
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Hi!
I am inserting timestamp values from C++Builder project1.exe
compiled with ZEOSLIB on Win98 (set to time zone UTC+8
hours) into the table:
CREATE TABLE (c1 TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE);
After project1.exe connects to postgres via libpq.dll, the
query
SHOW TIME ZONE
returns "unknown", which is as expected. Then I do the
insert from project1.exe:
INSERT INTO test VALUES (CAST('2003-1-1' AS TIMESTAMP));
What weird is that this datetime value is saved to column c1
as 2002-12-31 16:00:00 UTC. This means that some component
among zeoslib, libpq, win98, or postgres is _too_ smart that
it assumes the to-insert value being local time at time zone
UTC+08 and converts the value to UTC.
This automatic behavior is not what I would like to see. I
guess zeoslib is unlikely to be the component that does the
conversion. How does this smart component know that the
to-insert value stands for the local time at UTC+08 time
zone?
I need a "manual" way to explicitly tell postgres the
client's time zone by sending from project1.exe the query
"SET TIME ZONE -5" or the like to postgres.
Would anyone kindly offer some solutions to my requirement
or explanations for the symptom?
Regards,
CN
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