Re: Time zone offset in to_char()

On 1/11/24 5:53 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> writes:
>> test=# select to_char(now() AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Amsterdam', 'YYYY-MM-DD
>> HH24:MI:SS.US0 TZH:TZM') ;
>> to_char
>> ------------------------------------
>> 2024-01-12 00:44:57.5421420 +00:00
>> (1 row)
>
>> You end up with string that does not the correct offset as the AT TIME
>> ZONE outputs a timestamp not timestamptz value.
>
> Yeah. to_char() does not have any source for the TZ/TZH/TZM fields
> other than the prevailing value of the timezone parameter, so you
> really have to set that the way you want if you desire to use these
> format fields. As noted upthread, SET LOCAL together with a (dummy)
> "SET timezone" clause in the function definition can be used to get
> the effect of a function-local setting of the parameter. I don't
> know of another way to achieve that result above the C-code level.
>
> regards, tom lane

Sorry, I was implying that you could use the generated timestamp without
timezone as a string and supply the necessary timezone:

select to_char(timestamptz(timezone('UTC',tstz) || ' CST6CDT'),
'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.US0 TZH:TZM') from tstz ;
to_char
------------------------------------
2024-01-11 23:29:00.0493300 -06:00
(1 row)

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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Austin TX