Further to below,
I am now setting TZ=GMT PGDATESTYLE=ISO on postmaster startup:
finsbury=> select current_timestamp;
?column?
----------------------
1999-11-15 15:27:24+00
(1 row)
, but am still getting
- java.sql.SQLException: Bad Timestamp Format: at 0 in 1999-11-12 17:36:5EST
from the jdbc driver.
thanks for any help
timj
> > >
> > > >The date and time methods are being rewritten for 6.6 as they can't
> handle
> > > >some of the different time zones.
> > >
> > > Thanks, can I set postgres to pass dates to JDBC in a format that it
can
> > > understand?
> >
> > The SET DATESTYLE statement can be used to force the backend to return
> > dates in a particular format. The best one being ISO.
>
> This problem is still causing me headaches, I can change the timezone for
> the session:
>
> finsbury=> select current_timestamp ;
> ?column?
> ----------------------
> 1999-11-15 06:57:38-05
> (1 row)
>
> finsbury=> set timezone='gmt';
> SET VARIABLE
>
> finsbury=> select current_timestamp ;
> ?column?
> ----------------------
> 1999-11-15 11:58:37+00
> (1 row)
>
> And also for the postgres user (by setting PGTZ=GMT in.bash_profile),
> But how do I set the timezone when I start postgres so that dates are
always
> reported in GMT?
>
> postgresql 6.4
> RH6
>
> TIA
>
> timj
>
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