Hi all,
I am not sure if this is the correct list to post this issue. Please let me
know if there is a more suitable one.
Argentina's government has recently decreted a timezone change for the
summer (daylight's savings) where local time zone changes from GMT-3 to
GMT-2. The Argentinean Summer Timezone is named "ARST".
My first problem is that Postgres still hangs with GMT-3 while OS is at
GMT-2
*OS date*
# date -R ; date
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:07:36 -0200
Wed Jan 2 16:07:36 ARST 2008
*Postgres*
radius=# select now()::timestamp with time zone; now
-------------------------------2008-01-02 15:07:59.435233-03
(1 row)
As you can see PG is at GMT-03. Restart has been done to no effect.
Postgres.conf settings are:
# - Locale and Formatting -
#datestyle = 'iso, mdy'
#timezone = unknown # actually, defaults to TZ # environment
setting
#australian_timezones = off
#extra_float_digits = 0 # min -15, max 2
#client_encoding = sql_ascii # actually, defaults to database #
encoding
I have also tried with:
timezone='America/Argentina/Cordoba'
How do I tell postgres that it is located in Argentina/Cordoba or GMT-02? Is
there a way to have it relay to the OS?
My second problem is that Postgres doesn't recognize the timezone ARST.
pg=# select '01:13:16.426 ARST Wed Jan 2 2008'::timestamp with time zone;
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp with time zone:
"01:13:16.426 ARST Wed Jan 2 2008"
Whereas with the previous ART timezone it did well:
pg=# select '01:13:16.426 ART Wed Jan 2 2008'::timestamp with time zone; timestamptz
----------------------------2008-01-02 01:13:16.426-03
(1 row)
I'm lost here. ARST isn't new. It has been used in former years.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Fernando
