Re: timestamp with time zone question...

> See the documentation for Date/Time Types and Date/Time Functions
> and Operators:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/datatype-datetime.html
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-datetime.html
>
>> if so, does that imply that i can translate these stored dates to any
>> target time zone of my choosing when selecting the date from the db?
>
> Yes -- see the aforementioned documentation.
>


well... the examples in the documentation work, but they only use
static dates (hard-coded, i mean):

SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE '2001-02-16 20:38:40-05' AT TIME ZONE
'PST';

but, when i try:

SELECT mydatecolumn FROM mytable AT TIME ZONE 'PST';

... i get a parse error.

same thing with:

SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE mydatecolumn FROM mytable AT TIME ZONE
'PST';

any ideas?

thanks.

- philip