From 3cf71e45dbbda6c96fd3ab7f9789d274b717981a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:43:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Configure The Timezone as a postgres til.

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 README.md                          |  1 +
 postgres/configure-the-timezone.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 postgres/configure-the-timezone.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/).
 
 ### postgres
 
+- [Configure The Timezone](postgres/configure-the-timezone.md)
 - [Count Records By Type](postgres/count-records-by-type.md)
 - [Extracting Nested JSON Data](postgres/extracting-nested-json-data.md)
 - [Timestamp Functions](postgres/timestamp-functions.md)
diff --git a/postgres/configure-the-timezone.md b/postgres/configure-the-timezone.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1921d0
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@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Configure The Timezone
+
+Running `show timezone;` will reveal the timezone for your postgres
+connection. If you want to change the timezone for the duration of the
+connection, you can run something like
+
+```
+> set timezone='America/New_York';
+SET
+> show timezone;
+ TimeZone
+------------------
+ America/New_York
+(1 row)
+```
+
+Now, if you run a command such as `select now();`, the time will be in
+Eastern time.
+
+h/t Jack Christensen