Re: Problems with timestamp with time zone and old dates?

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Michael Clark <codingninja(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> For example, if I insert like so:
>>> INSERT INTO sometable (startdate) values ('1750-08-21 21:17:00+00:00');
>>
>> What's the reason for you inserting with an offest instead of letting
>> the client timezone set it for you? Just wondering.
>
> Note that if you just want to get out what you're putting in (GMT) you
> can do this:
>
> select startdate at time zone 'GMT' from sometable ;
> timezone
> ---------------------
> 1750-08-21 21:17:00

Or you could just use plain timezones, not timezones with timestamp.