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<term><literal>NAMES</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>>SET NAMES <replaceable>value</></> is an alias for
+ <literal>SET NAMES <replaceable>value</></> is an alias for
<literal>SET client_encoding TO <replaceable>value</></>.
</para>
</listitem>
<term><literal>TIME ZONE</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>>SET TIME ZONE <replaceable>value</></> is an alias
+ <literal>SET TIME ZONE <replaceable>value</></> is an alias
for <literal>SET timezone TO <replaceable>value</></>. The
- syntax <literal>>SET TIME ZONE</literal> allows special syntax
+ syntax <literal>SET TIME ZONE</literal> allows special syntax
for the time zone specification. Here are examples of valid
values:
<term><literal>7</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The time zone to 7 hours offset west from UTC (equivalent
- to PDT).
+ The time zone 7 hours west from UTC (equivalent
+ to PDT). Negative values are east from UTC.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><literal>INTERVAL '08:00' HOUR TO MINUTE</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The time zone to 8 hours offset west from UTC (equivalent
+ The time zone 8 hours west from UTC (equivalent
to PST).
</para>
</listitem>