Re: Does PG really lack a time zone for India?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ken(at)sunward(dot)org
Cc: "'PostgreSQL pg-general List'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Does PG really lack a time zone for India?
Date: 2006-02-15 22:38:54
Message-ID: 20393.1140043134@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ken Winter" <ken(at)sunward(dot)org> writes:
> Yes, that's what I'm trying to do. My problem has been: how to enter the
> equivalent of '2006-02-15 10:22:46-05' when the time I want to enter and
> convert to EST is a variable value or now().

This still shows a problem in your grasp of what's going on. now() is
absolute and should never need to be converted ...

regards, tom lane

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