Re: [BUGS] Setting time zone commands

2003-12-02 Thread Tom Lane
"cnliou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (2) What is the correct syntax to set time zones having 30 > minutes offset UTC? "SET TIME ZONE 8.5" works, as does "SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL '08:30';" regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)---

Re: [BUGS] Setting time zone commands

2003-12-02 Thread cnliou
¡° Include¡m"Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>¡nwrote: >> So, what is the official syntax? > >See the SET command's reference page. I believe you need to quote >anything that doesn't look like an identifier or number. Thank you very much! You have clarified all my timestamp and time zone questions

Re: [BUGS] Setting time zone commands

2003-12-02 Thread Tom Lane
"cnliou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, what is the official syntax? See the SET command's reference page. I believe you need to quote anything that doesn't look like an identifier or number. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)-

Re: [BUGS] Setting time zone commands

2003-12-02 Thread cnliou
Thank you! Tom, >The documentation does not actually say any such thing, although its >failure to clarify what it *is* saying isn't great. I have reworded it >as follows in CVS tip: > >: Table B-4 shows the time zone abbreviations recognized by PostgreSQL in >: date/time input values. PostgreS

Re: [BUGS] Setting time zone commands

2003-12-02 Thread Tom Lane
"cnliou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The documentation (Appendix B.2. Date/Time Key Words) says > that the following SQL's are legal, but actually they are > not: > SET TIME ZONE TO '' The documentation does not actually say any such thing, although its failure to clarify what it *is* saying i

[BUGS] Setting time zone commands

2003-12-02 Thread cnliou
Hi! Seeing no comments on the same issue I raised in pgsql-general list, I am posting it here. The documentation (Appendix B.2. Date/Time Key Words) says that the following SQL's are legal, but actually they are not: SET TIME ZONE TO '' (examples: SET TIMEZONE TO 'NZDT'; SET TIMEZONE TO 'EST';