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From: "Tim Joyce" <tim@hoop.co.uk>
To: "Peter Mount" <peter@retep.org.uk>,
	"paneris messageboard" <paneris@messageboards.paneris.org>,
	<pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909261413390.3910-100000@maidast.retep.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] ResultSet.getDate 
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 11:29:20 -0000
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> > Peter,
> >
> > >The date and time methods are being rewritten for 6.6 as they can't
handle
> > >some of the different time zones.
> >
> > Thanks, can I set postgres to pass dates to JDBC in a format that it can
> > understand?
>
> The SET DATESTYLE statement can be used to force the backend to return
> dates in a particular format. The best one being ISO.

This problem is still causing me headaches, I can change the timezone for
the session:

finsbury=> select current_timestamp ;
?column?
----------------------
1999-11-15 06:57:38-05
(1 row)

finsbury=> set timezone='gmt';
SET VARIABLE

finsbury=> select current_timestamp ;
?column?
----------------------
1999-11-15 11:58:37+00
(1 row)

And also for the postgres user (by setting PGTZ=GMT in.bash_profile),
But how do I set the timezone when I start postgres so that dates are always
reported in GMT?

postgresql 6.4
RH6

TIA

timj