On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 01:59:55PM -0700, James G Wilkinson wrote: > I just ran into a small mystery. I am trying to set the time zone > during my session and here is what happens: You can find the list of acceptable time zone names in Appendix B of the documentation: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datetime-keywords.html#DATETIME-TIMEZONE-SET-TABLE > My default timezone is PDT for this time of year. Try 'PST8PDT' or 'US/Pacific'. -- Michael Fuhr