</indexterm>

<listitem>

<para>

Sets the time zone used for timestamps written in the log.

Sets the time zone used for timestamps written in theserverlog.

Unlike <xref linkend="guc-timezone">, this value is cluster-wide,

so that all sessions will report timestamps consistently.

the system environment specifies as the time zone. See <xref

time zone specified by its system environment. See <xref

linkend="datatype-timezones"> for more information.

This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>

file or on the server command line.

<listitem>

<para>

Sets the time zone for displaying and interpreting time stamps.

The default is <literal>unknown</>, which means to use whatever

the system environment specifies as the time zone. See <xref

linkend="datatype-timezones"> for more

information.

If not explicitly set, the server initializes this variable to the

time zone specified by its system environment. See <xref

linkend="datatype-timezones"> for more information.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

#log_temp_files = -1# log temporary files equal or larger

# than the specified size in kilobytes;

# -1 disables, 0 logs all temp files

#log_timezone = unknown# actually, defaults to TZ environment

# setting

#log_timezone = '(defaults to server environment setting)'

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#datestyle = 'iso, mdy'

#intervalstyle = 'postgres'

#timezone = unknown# actually, defaults to TZ environment

# setting

#timezone = '(defaults to server environment setting)'

#timezone_abbreviations = 'Default' # Select the set of available time zone

# abbreviations. Currently, there are

# Default