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pg_timezone_abbrevs
The view pg_timezone_abbrevs provides a list of time zone abbreviations that are currently recognized by the datetime input routines. The contents of this view change when the TimeZone or timezone_abbreviations run-time parameters are modified.
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Columns PostgreSQL 18
pg_timezone_abbrevsPostgreSQL 19 beta 3 is a preview snapshot; the structure can still change before release.
| COLUMN | TYPE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
abbrev |
text |
Time zone abbreviation |
utc_offset |
interval |
Offset from UTC (positive means east of Greenwich) |
is_dst |
booleanDocumented as:bool |
True if this is a daylight-savings abbreviation |
Columns marked "implicit" are not included in SELECT *; some early statistics views are completed from same-version source, and the extra provenance is shown in the column description.
Common system columns 0
System attributes PostgreSQL provides, normally not expanded by SELECT *. Kept separately so they are not mixed in with ordinary columns.
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