# chrono-tz-postgres
[](https://crates.io/crates/chrono-tz-postgres)
[](https://docs.rs/chrono-tz-postgres)
[](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/releases/tag/1.60.0)
A timezone type that can be converted to and from a custom Postgres type.
This allows you to use typed timezones in PostgreSQL.
The custom Postgres enum `tz` is equivalent to the Rust enum `chrono_tz::Tz`. It can be found [here](tz.sql).
The version number mirrors `chrono-tz`.
## chrono-tz-postgres in action
```rust
use chrono_tz::Tz;
use chrono_tz_postgres::TzPg;
use postgres::{Client, NoTls};
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
// We can convert between Tz and TzPg
let tz = Tz::Arctic__Longyearbyen;
let tzpg = TzPg::from(tz);
let tz: Tz = tzpg.into();
println!("{}", tz);
// Tz can be serialized, unlike TzPg
serde_json::to_string(&tz)?;
// but TzPg can interface with Postgres
let mut client = Client::connect("host=localhost user=postgres", NoTls)?;
// timezone the column name, whose type is `tz`
// `tz` is a custom Postgres type
let row = client.query_one("SELECT timezone FROM foo LIMIT 1", &[])?;
let tz: TzPg = row.get(0);
// Convert back to Tz to do more
let tz: Tz = tz.into();
println!("{}", tz);
Ok(())
}
```