Re: How to get the time zone offset

Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On Friday, December 30, 2011 6:18:05 am Cezariusz Marek wrote:
>> I need to convert timestamp to a format with a time zone offset, like this:
>> select clock_timestamp()::text;
>> and it returns the following value:
>> "2011-12-30 11:59:06.538+01"
>> What is the default format for timestamp::text conversion? I've tried this:
>> select to_char(clock_timestamp(), 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSTZ');
>> But it gives me "CET" instead of "+01":
>> "2011-12-30 11:59:06CET"
> 
> Maybe I am not understanding what you want, but why not:
> 
> select clock_timestamp()::text;
> 
> It gives you the format you want.

Because I need more control. In this case I need the date in XML format, so it will be
something like this:

select to_char(clock_timestamp(), 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SSTZ');

Is the timestamp::text format always the same, regardless of the current locale and
language settings?

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