Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36F3A17CFB4D for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:47:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 76303-03 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:47:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0-rc2 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A5C17CFB4E for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:47:42 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id pA9Gle0k015279; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 11:47:40 -0500 (EST) To: Steve Crawford cc: Geoffrey Myers , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: setting timezone In-reply-to: <4EBA9C3D.9030701@pinpointresearch.com> References: <4EBA7BCC.2030704@serioustechnology.com> <4EBA9C3D.9030701@pinpointresearch.com> Comments: In-reply-to Steve Crawford message dated "Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:29:01 -0800" Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:47:40 -0500 Message-ID: <15278.1320857260@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.101 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.201 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201111/34 X-Sequence-Number: 38628 Steve Crawford writes: > On 11/09/2011 05:10 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: >> Is there a way to retain this information from the original database >> when reloading? > Time-zone setting is an attribute of the server configuration, not of > the data contained in the database. In particular, pg_dump doesn't know anything about postgresql.conf. It's up to you to copy the server's configuration files. regards, tom lane