Re: [GENERAL] Perf differences between timestamp and timestamp with timezone

2009-06-15 Thread Bruce Momjian
Mike Christensen wrote: > Awesome! One more followup question.. > > If I modify an existing table from timestamp to timestamptz, will it use the > current system timezone? If so, how can I modify all the rows to convert to > UTC time (basically add 8 hrs to everything).. I think you just cast i

Re: [GENERAL] Perf differences between timestamp and timestamp with timezone

2009-06-15 Thread Mike Christensen
Awesome! One more followup question.. If I modify an existing table from timestamp to timestamptz, will it use the current system timezone? If so, how can I modify all the rows to convert to UTC time (basically add 8 hrs to everything).. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: >

Re: [GENERAL] Perf differences between timestamp and timestamp with timezone

2009-06-15 Thread Bruce Momjian
Mike Christensen wrote: > Hi all - > > I'm considering changing all my "timestamp" columns to "timestamp with > timezone" columns instead. The reason is I want to use UTC time for > everything in the DB and on the web server, and only ever convert to local > time on the client itself. I could us