Re: setting local time without restarting server

Anony Mous <A.Mous@shaw.ca> writes:
> Thanks, but I do want to set the system time.

You cannot do that from within Postgres, because it requires root
privileges.

> I'd like to do it without having to first change
> the system time, and then re-start the postmaster.

Who said anything about restarting the postmaster?  Just set the system
time (eg, with date(1)).

            regards, tom lane