Re: Can postgresql ignore DST ?

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
wrote:

> Venkata B Nagothi wrote:
> > > > We have Timezone configured to Australia/Sydney, we can change that
> to 11 and do we need to foresee any issues ?
> > >
> > > That configuration parameter defines how the client will format
> > > timestamps to strings and vice versa.
> > >
> > > It should not have any other effects.
> >
> > I think what I see is some dates might have changed - is that a
> possibility ?
> >
> > If yes, is there any way I can revert back ?
>
> I don't understand - you'd have to explain what you mean.
>
> The setting doesn't change any data, it changes how a timestamp with time
> zone
> is displayed.
>
> It also sets the default time zone to use when a timestamp without timezone
> is to be converted to a timestamp with time zone, so maybe that's what you
> are observing.
>

My bad. It was my mis-understanding, the data did not change as it was
supposed to be. We had some bad data pushed from the application which led
to mis-understanding. All good now.

Regards,
Ven