Thread: date_part('timezone_hour')

hi,

using postgresql 7.3.1:

# select current_timestamp,date_part('timezone_hour',current_timestamp);
          timestamptz          | date_part
-------------------------------+-----------
 2003-09-16 10:51:58.228489+03 |        -3
(1 row)

I would expect date_part('timezone_hour') to return 3. But it returns -3
instead. Why so?

-Jukka

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jukka_V=E4=E4n=E4nen?= <jukka.vaananen@batman.jypoly.fi> writes:
> using postgresql 7.3.1:

> # select current_timestamp,date_part('timezone_hour',current_timestamp);
>           timestamptz          | date_part
> -------------------------------+-----------
>  2003-09-16 10:51:58.228489+03 |        -3
> (1 row)

> I would expect date_part('timezone_hour') to return 3. But it returns -3
> instead. Why so?

Because someone got it backwards ;-).  We have reversed the sign of this
result for 7.4.

            regards, tom lane