Re: Time Zone Error

Jamie Deppeler wrote:
>
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>> Jamie Deppeler wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We currently running Windows 2003 issues with time zone set to
>>> (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). Problem that we currently
>>> have with Postgresql 8.1.5 is that time zone is being reported with a
>>> incorrect off set –4 not –5 and this is causing incorrect time to be
>>> set.
>>>
>>> Below is example out put
>>>
>>> Windows Time
>>> 2007-05-17 00:55:32.327-05
>>>
>>> Postgresql Time
>>> 2007-05-17 01:55:32.327-04
>>
>> 1. These are the same absolute times.
> Yes
>> 2. Do you have some sort of daylight-saving flag set somewhere?
> No it was the first thing i checked

Hang on - did the US not alter the daylight-saving date recently? I'll
bet that's the issue.

http://www.postgresqlforums.com/wiki/2007_Daylight_Savings_Time

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd