I need a real-time clock value so I will use clock_timestamp() to get it. Thanks for the answer.
2013/1/15 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> > dotb...@gmail.com writes: > > SET TIME ZONE 'Europe/Minsk'; > > select timeofday()::timestamp with time zone; > > ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp with time zone: "Mon Jan > 14 > > 08:18:20.333915 2013 FET" > > The issue seems to be that the recently-invented abbreviation FET > isn't anywhere in our default list of timezone abbreviations. > > That probably should be fixed, but in the meantime, you really should be > aware that timeofday() is deprecated, and there's no reason at all to > use it in the above manner anyway. now() or current_timestamp are > simpler and much faster. > > regards, tom lane >