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

Just in case others struggle with this - you can edit the "conf" file that launches SQLDeveloper and add the following line :

AddVMOption -Duser.timezone=UTC

I found this file on my machine at :

/opt/sqldeveloper/ide/bin/ide.conf

Thanks to @a_horse_with_no_name for pointing me in the right direction with a comment in one of the other answers