Re: Setting timezone: is it bug or intended?

From: Susanne Ebrecht <susanne(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Yura Sokolov <funny(dot)falcon(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Setting timezone: is it bug or intended?
Date: 2011-03-21 12:51:01
Message-ID: 4D8749B5.20407@2ndQuadrant.com
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Hello Yora Sokolov,

On 18.03.2011 09:22, Yura Sokolov wrote:
>
> postgres=# set timezone='+03:00';
> SET
> postgres=# select now();
> now
> ------------------------------
> 2011-03-18 05:20:35.46008-03
> (1 row)

Maybe this is not a bug - just an inconsistence:

Look here (tested with 9.0):

=# set timezone='+3.5';
SET
=# select current_timestamp;
now
----------------------------------
2011-03-21 16:05:34.761112+03:30
(1 row)

In any case, this should get documented.

Susanne

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