Carolyn Lu Wong <carolyn@greatpacific.com.au> writes:
> I find that when I try to restore a backup database (done by pg_dump),
> the datetime value seem inconsistent. I've checked the dumped file,
> the data seems alright. However, the imported date is +16hr of the
> date in the data file.
> The system uses EST. The data dumped also has EST postfix. Is this a
> bug or there are other options I need to set?
Given your return address, I'm betting this is a conflict between USA
and Aussie interpretations of "EST". You probably need to recompile
with USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES #defined. See
http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/datetime-appendix.htm
regards, tom lane