I have the following definition of employees
table
CREATE TABLE employees
(
id integer NOT NULL,
name text,
withouttz timestamp without time zone,
withtz timestamp with time zone,
CONSTRAINT primarykey_emp PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
WITH (
OIDS=FALSE
);
ALTER TABLE employees
OWNER TO chris;
I have inserted two records in the following way:
INSERT INTO employees(
id, name, withouttz, withtz)
VALUES (1, 'test', '2011-01-01 00:00:00', '2011-01-01 12:00:00+03');
INSERT INTO employees(
id, name, withouttz, withtz)
VALUES (2, 'test', '2011-01-01 00:00:00', '2011-01-01 12:00:00');
I have written simple java class for select * from employees
which outputs the following:
col1: 1
col2: test
col3: 2011-01-01 00:00:00
col4: 2011-01-01 07:00:00-8:00
col1: 2
col2: test
col3: 2011-01-01 00:00:00
col4: 2011-01-01 12:00:00-8:00
Question:
Is there a way to create a postgres table's timestamp with time zone
so that it considers the timezone to be UTC instead of server's local timezone ?
Note: set timezone TO 'GMT';
is not a solution for me because it is works in only a specific session. Also, it would be great if the solution doesnot depend on Server's local timezone at all
Thanks in advance