Re: When DST occurs

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Justin Clift <aa2@bigpond.net.au>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-05-04T23:03:53Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Justin Clift <aa2@bigpond.net.au> writes:
> I'm trying to figure out how DST change times will affect a running database?

The usual theory in Unix-based software is to keep everything in GMT
internally, so the data isn't affected at all by timezone changes.
Timezone just affects display of timestamp values.

			regards, tom lane