Mark Gibson wrote:
> I have unexpected results when trying to cast a string to a timestamp:
>
> test=# select TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE '2006/06/25 06:00:00 GMT-5'
> test-# ;
> timestamptz
> ------------------------
> 2006-06-24 20:00:00-05
>
>
> Seems that what I get is about 10 hours earlier than I expect...
>
> Any ideas why this is happening? Did I assume too much in the cast?
>
Answered my own question - apparently the 'GMT' portion isn't understood
by postgresql:
template1=# select TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE '2006/06/25 06:00:00-05'
template1-#
template1-# ;
timestamptz
------------------------
2006-06-25 06:00:00-05
(1 row)