Re: Assign the system timezone to a variable in a function?

Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Steve Murphy <smurphy@intorrent.com> wrote:
>> Take the result of "show timezone", and assign it to a variable
>> in a function.

> I was about to suggest querying the pg_settings table, then noticed
> there was no 'timezone' record in it, which is pretty odd imo.  You
> can look at the log_timezone record however, which might be correct.

It's spelled "TimeZone" for historical reasons.  See also the
current_setting() function.

            regards, tom lane