On 07/11/2018 12:36 PM, David Gauthier wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I would like to get the utc timestamp, 24-hr clock (military time),
> without the time zone suffix.
>
> Below commands were run nearly at the same time...
>
> sqfdev=> select now()::timestamp(0) ;
> now
> ---------------------
> 2018-07-11 15:27:12
> (1 row)
>
> ...then immediately...
>
> sqfdev=> select now()::timestamp(0) at time zone 'utc' ;
> timezone
> ------------------------
> 2018-07-11 11:27:12-04
> (1 row)
>
>
> 15:27:12 makes sense (it's a bout 3:30 in the afternoon EST).
> 11:27:12 doesn't make sense. UTC is 5 hours ahead. I would have
> expected either 20:27 (if it stuck to military time, which I want), or
> 08:27 (P.M., non-military time)
>
> And I want to get rid of the -04 suffix.
>
> Is there a way to do this ?
test=> show TimeZone;
TimeZone
------------
US/Pacific
(1 row)
test=> select now();
now
-------------------------------
2018-07-11 12:44:57.757347-07
(1 row)
test=> select (now() at time zone 'UTC')::timestamp(0);
timezone
---------------------
2018-07-11 19:45:00
(1 row)
>
> Thanks !
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com