Sorry, I am trying to find my way in formatting timestamps for different
timezones and I am a little confused.
[ PostgreSQL 7.0.0 on alphaev6-dec-osf4.0f, compiled by cc ]
Let's imagine
CREATE TABLE tztest (id SERIAL, v TEXT, ts TIMESTAMP DEFAULT now());
How can I format a
SELECT to_char(ts,'DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS')
in order to have the accompanying timezone for the timestamp?
If I select the ISO format, I ofcourse have it ('2000-12-15
13:09:59+02')
but I cannot find a to_char element for it, either in offset or codes
(which I'd prefer).
Is this possible?
On a more general ground, I checked the 'Date/Time Data Types' section
of the user manual, but I don't manage to have the expected behaviour,
with either the PGTZ env variable or the SET TIMEZONE command. Here's an
example (my default is EET i.e. +02):
village=# select ts from tztest; ts
------------------------2000-12-15 13:09:59+02
(1 row)
village=# set TimeZone TO PST;
SET VARIABLE
village=# select ts from tztest; ts
------------------------2000-12-15 13:09:59+02
(1
row)
or maybe I just don't understand the whole picture...
P.S. Ofcourse I can use external functions, e.g. Date::Manip since I
code in Perl, but I'd prefer to leave this task to the database itself.
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