Re: time data type question - Mailing list pgsql-admin

All;

I am testing a planned change for a table in our db - PostgreSQL 14


I created a table like this:

create table alter_test4 (id int, active_ts timestamp without time zone, active_time time without time zone);

I set my current timezone is set to Central Time:

postgres=# set timezone = 'US/Central';
SET


Then I inserted some rows:
postgres=# insert into alter_test4 VALUES (1, now() - interval '14 days' , now() - interval '1 hours');
INSERT 0 1
postgres=# insert into alter_test4 VALUES (2, now() - interval '4 days' , now() - interval '7 hours');
INSERT 0 1
postgres=# insert into alter_test4 VALUES (3, now() - interval '1 day' , now() - interval '4 hours');
INSERT 0 1


postgres=# select * from alter_test4;
 id |         active_ts          |   active_time
----+----------------------------+-----------------
  1 | 2024-11-22 13:24:20.675575 | 12:24:20.675575
  2 | 2024-12-02 13:24:29.136082 | 06:24:29.136082
  3 | 2024-12-05 13:24:40.346881 | 09:24:40.346881
(3 rows)


Then I altered both the active_ts and the active_time column data types  to include time zone


postgres=# ALTER TABLE alter_test4 alter column active_ts set data type timestamp with time zone;
ALTER TABLE
postgres=# ALTER TABLE alter_test4 alter column active_time set data type time with time zone;
ALTER TABLE


Now a select shows the timezone offset:

postgres=# select * from alter_test4;
 id |           active_ts           |    active_time
----+-------------------------------+--------------------
  1 | 2024-11-22 13:24:20.675575-06 | 12:24:20.675575-06
  2 | 2024-12-02 13:24:29.136082-06 | 06:24:29.136082-06
  3 | 2024-12-05 13:24:40.346881-06 | 09:24:40.346881-06
(3 rows)


However, if I change my timezone and re-run the select only the timestamp columns reflect the new timezone, the time columns remain the same:

postgres=# set timezone = 'America/Denver';
SET
postgres=# select * from alter_test4;
 id |           active_ts           |    active_time
----+-------------------------------+--------------------
  1 | 2024-11-22 12:24:20.675575-07 | 12:24:20.675575-06
  2 | 2024-12-02 12:24:29.136082-07 | 06:24:29.136082-06
  3 | 2024-12-05 12:24:40.346881-07 | 09:24:40.346881-06
(3 rows)



I thought I would see the time columns shift to mountain time as well. am I doing something wrong?


Thanks in advance