Re: BUG #14148: postgres does not support GST timezone

Hi Tom

Thanks for the info.

By adding the GST definition it works now.

Thanks!
Best Regards
Audrey

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: May-18-16 1:24 PM
To: Ziyun Audrey Wang
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #14148: postgres does not support GST timezone

ziyun(dot)wang(at)ericsson(dot)com writes:
> got error:
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp with time zone: "Wed
> May 18
> 09:40:25 GST 2016"

You can adjust the set of zone abbreviations Postgres recognizes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/datetime-config-files.html

GST isn't in the default set because there are multiple possible meanings according to the IANA timezone database.

regards, tom lane