PostgreSQL 9.2 JDBC driver uses client time zone?

Question

I\'ve run into an interesting challenge using a PostgreSQL database with the PostgreSQL JDBC driver. It seems that the latest version of the driver, 9.2, uses the client

Answer 1

The use of the local timezone as the default timezone is required by the JDBC standard (and API documentation), and is made explicit by PreparedStatement.setTimestamp. However it also applies to all other areas where JDBC sets or retrieves time related data.

See also my answer to Is java.sql.Timestamp timezone specific?