| From: | Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com> |
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| To: | Rob Richardson <Rob(dot)Richardson(at)rad-con(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Thoroughly confused about time zones |
| Date: | 2011-02-28 15:24:57 |
| Message-ID: | CB170368-2F7D-4AF0-8AE3-BD3EC36D9F78@elevated-dev.com |
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On Feb 28, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Rob Richardson wrote:
> But when I tried this:
>
> select cast (extract(epoch from ('2010-3-14 12:00'::timestamptz - '2010-3-13 12:00'::timestamptz)) as integer) / 60 / 60
>
> I got 23, showing that even if I did not specify what time zone I’m talking about, I got the correct answer.
You didn't specify the time zone, so it used your local time zone info--but not just your current offset from UTC, rather the offsets from UTC at the dates/times specified.
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Scott Ribe
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