Re: timezone + DST handling

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "A(dot)M(dot)" <amcauley(at)bluesocket(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: timezone + DST handling
Date: 2007-08-04 16:20:22
Message-ID: 17308.1186244422@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"A.M." <amcauley(at)bluesocket(dot)com> writes:
> This works fine until I hit daylight-savings time when the name of
> the timezone changes. So, given a "timestamp with timezone" and a
> base timezone (non-DST), how can I determine if the date is currently
> in DST? Is it possible to get the name of the new DST timezone?

If you are running PG 8.2, the data in the pg_timezone_names and
pg_timezone_abbrevs views might help you.

regards, tom lane

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