Note the queries below generate the same result regardless of the timezone input:
% env | grep TZ PGTZ=CST6CDT TZ=CST6CDT % psql -t -c "select version()" PostgreSQL 8.0.0beta3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96 % psql -t -c "select '1970-01-01 00:00:00+09'::timestamp + '1089352800 seconds'::interval" 2004-07-09 06:00:00 % psql -t -c "select '1970-01-01 00:00:00+03'::timestamp + '1089352800 seconds'::interval" 2004-07-09 06:00:00 % psql -t -c "select '1970-01-01 00:00:00+01'::timestamp + '1089352800 seconds'::interval" 2004-07-09 06:00:00 Ed ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly