From: Geoffrey Myers <lists@serioustechnology.com>
To: Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Admin <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: setting timezone
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:18:22 -0500
Message-ID: <4EBBF94E.4080401@serioustechnology.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EBADA14.3050608@pinpointresearch.com>
References: <4EBA7BCC.2030704@serioustechnology.com>
<4EBA9C3D.9030701@pinpointresearch.com>
<15278.1320857260@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<4EBAD412.4060705@serioustechnology.com>
<4EBAD75C.8030501@serioustechnology.com>
<4EBADA14.3050608@pinpointresearch.com>
Steve Crawford wrote:
> On 11/09/2011 11:41 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>> Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>> Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com> 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
>>>
>>> Thanks Tom, seems we were not setting it in the postgresql.conf file.
>>
>> What about the situation where you have two databases in the same
>> cluster that need different timezones? I'm assuming I would have to
>> rely on setting it in each database, rather in the postgresql.conf file.
>>
>>>
>>
>
> ALTER DATABASE foo SET TIMEZONE...
As I expected, thanks.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
--
Until later, Geoffrey
"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Cc: lists@serioustechnology.com, scrawford@pinpointresearch.com, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
Subject: Re: setting timezone
In-Reply-To: <4EBBF94E.4080401@serioustechnology.com>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox