Re: [HACKERS] timestamp cast to abstime problem

2002-10-20 Thread Bruce Momjian

I figured this all out;  turns out they were related.

I had set my timezone in the postmaster to Poland long ago and forgot,
and that is why both the abstime and show timezone produced strange
results.  Sorry.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Does anyone know why this returns 0 and not 3600?
>   
>   test=> select '1970-01-01 01:00:00'::timestamp::abstime::int4;
>int4 
>   --
>   0
>   (1 row)
> 
> My time(2) manual page says:
> 
>  The time() function returns the value of time in seconds since 0
>  hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
> 
> Also, why does my TimeZone show as Poland?
>   
>   test=> SHOW TimeZone;
>TimeZone 
>   --
>Poland
>   (1 row)
> 
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[HACKERS] timestamp cast to abstime problem

2002-10-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Does anyone know why this returns 0 and not 3600?

test=> select '1970-01-01 01:00:00'::timestamp::abstime::int4;
 int4 
--
0
(1 row)

My time(2) manual page says:

 The time() function returns the value of time in seconds since 0
 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.

Also, why does my TimeZone show as Poland?

test=> SHOW TimeZone;
 TimeZone 
--
 Poland
(1 row)

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