Vinayak wrote:
> We have converted Oracle SYSDATE to PostgreSQL statement_timestamp() but
> there is a difference in timezone.
> SYSDATE returns the time on the server where the database instance is
> running(returns operating system time) so the time depends on the OS
> timezone setting.
> while the timezone of postgreSQL
> statement_timestamp()/now()/clock_timestamp() depends on the DBMS setting.
> so I think timezone settings are different between DBMS and OS.

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> Any idea how can we set OS timezone on PostgreSQL?

If you mean the *server's* OS timezone, I guess you'd have to write
a C function that does something similar to identify_system_timezone()
in bin/initdb/findtimezone.c.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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