Modify the timezone of insertion of data at tstamp column of HP Vertica
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Modify the timezone of insertion of data at tstamp column of HP Vertica

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CA Infrastructure Management CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

Is possible to modify the timezone of insertion of data at tstamp column of HP Vertica?

By default the timezone of insertion is UTC, but your customer wants to change it.

Environment

Release : 3.6

Component : IM Reporting / Admin / Configuration

Resolution

"TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE: Specifies to convert input-string to UTC, using the UTC offset for the specified time zone. If the input string omits a time zone, Vertica uses the UTC offset of the time zone that is configured for your system (***)."

Source: TIMESTAMP/TIMESTAMPTZ 

For configuring a timezone for not using UTC: TZ Environment Variable 

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