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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:45:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: chrisj <chrisj.wood@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: Assigning a timestamp without timezone to a timestamp
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Brilliant, elegant and simple  !!

I can't wait to try it (don't have access to Postgres 9-5 EDT)  !!

thank-you !!


Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:26:52AM -0700, chrisj wrote:
>> location, but they are the directive to all store locations saying: "In
>> the
>> context of the timezone your store is located in,  these are the hours
>> you
>> should be open.
> 
> Ah.  Well, then, right, it _does_ have to be timezone free.  That's
> actually the only case I'd use that.  Sorry, I'm dim, and didn't
> understand properly what you were doing.  (I read the "relative to
> the store's own time zone" to refer to the corporate office.  No, I
> don't know why, either.  Told you I'm dim.)
> 
> Anyway, here's something that worked for me (expanding this into your
> case ought not to be too tricky):
> 
> testing=# SELECT * from storetz ;
>  id | timezone 
> ----+----------
>   1 | -03
> (1 row)
> 
> testing=# SELECT a.timestamp::timestamptz from (SELECT '2006-10-03
> 09:00'||"timezone" as timestamp from storetz where id = 1) as a;
>        timestamp        
> ------------------------
>  2006-10-03 12:00:00+00
> (1 row)
> 
> A
> -- 
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