Re: Time problem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jayas(at)bsil(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, nileshn(at)bsil(dot)com
Subject: Re: Time problem
Date: 2002-02-20 15:19:33
Message-ID: 293.1014218373@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jaya Swarup" <jayas(at)bsil(dot)com> writes:
> 3) BUT, when I am retrieving data from the sql query (code) and displaying
> it, it is inexplicably ahead of the System time by exactly 30 mins.

Sure sounds like you are running in some odd time zone.

> 4) I have tried setting the TIME ZONE variable to all possible combinations
> as mentioned in the documentation. But even then if I ask the system to SHOW
> TIME ZONE, it says "TIME ZONE IS UNKNOWN".

This is bizarre. Exactly what platform are you running on, and exactly
which "possible combinations" have you tried?

regards, tom lane

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