Re: [BUGS] Problem with ALTER TABLE - occasional "tuple concurrently updated"

2011-03-18 Thread Robert Haas
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> > Robert Haas wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> >> > Was this fixed? >> >> >> >> Not yet. ?I can probably fix it, if nobody

Re: [BUGS] TO_CHAR(timestamptz,datetimeformat) wrong after DST change

2011-03-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Kevin Grittner" writes: > "Jonathan Brinkman" wrote: >> I guess EST is not DST-friendly? > EST stands for Eastern *Standard* Time, which is explicitly *not* > under Daylight Saving Time. Right. SET TIMEZONE 'EST' gets you GMT-5 all year round. For background see this bit in src/timezone/data

Re: [BUGS] TO_CHAR(timestamptz,datetimeformat) wrong after DST change

2011-03-18 Thread Kevin Grittner
"Jonathan Brinkman" wrote: > I guess EST is not DST-friendly? EST stands for Eastern *Standard* Time, which is explicitly *not* under Daylight Saving Time. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org

Re: [BUGS] TO_CHAR(timestamptz,datetimeformat) wrong after DST change

2011-03-18 Thread Jonathan Brinkman
When in a command prompt I log into psql with merely "psql" and get postgres=#, and run SELECT now(); I get the correct time. When I log into my application's database with psql beta_cms_gate and get beta_cms_gate=# prompt, and run SELECT now(); I get incorrect time (still -05 timezone, and 1 hour

Re: [BUGS] TO_CHAR(timestamptz,datetimeformat) wrong after DST change

2011-03-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Jonathan Brinkman" writes: > My TO_CHAR function is now an hour off thanks to Daylight Savings Time. > The dates are correct (I'm in EST: TZ=-04) but my function now returns TIME > an hour early. > (prior to DST we were TZ=-05). > TIMESTAMPTZ data (v_dt): 2011-03-17 18:21:50-04 > FUNCTION SNIPP

[BUGS] TO_CHAR(timestamptz,datetimeformat) wrong after DST change

2011-03-18 Thread Jonathan Brinkman
My TO_CHAR function is now an hour off thanks to Daylight Savings Time. The dates are correct (I'm in EST: TZ=-04) but my function now returns TIME an hour early. (prior to DST we were TZ=-05). TIMESTAMPTZ data (v_dt): 2011-03-17 18:21:50-04 FUNCTION SNIPPET: to_char(v_dt, 'mm/dd/ hh:mi AM')

[BUGS] Setting timezone: is it bug or intended?

2011-03-18 Thread Yura Sokolov
postgres=# set timezone='+03'; SET postgres=# select now(); now --- 2011-03-18 11:20:29.696671+03 (1 row) postgres=# set timezone='+03:00'; SET postgres=# select now(); now -- 2011-03-18 05:20:35.46008-03 (1 row)