Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-pgsql-general@apartia.org> writes:
> But, I found something fishy that particular server:
> uruk:~# hwclock
> Sat 11 Aug 2007 10:47:36 AM CEST -0.630123 seconds
> uruk:~# hwclock --utc
> Sat 11 Aug 2007 12:47:39 PM CEST -0.600430 seconds
If this is PC-type hardware, I'd guess that something is confused about
whether the hardware clock is running in UTC or local time.
> Is postgres using the same time reference as "hwclock" or "date" ?
I'd expect PG to get the same results as "date". I have no idea what
"hwclock" is really doing.
regards, tom lane