</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets the time zone used for timestamps written in the log.
+ Sets the time zone used for timestamps written in the server log.
Unlike <xref linkend="guc-timezone">, this value is cluster-wide,
so that all sessions will report timestamps consistently.
- The default is <literal>unknown</>, which means use whatever
- the system environment specifies as the time zone. See <xref
+ 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.
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