Create method for obtaining UTC-prepared Postgres client.

Author: arik-so

src/lib.rs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use lightning::routing::gossip::{NetworkGraph, NodeId};
 use lightning::util::logger::Logger;
 use lightning::util::ser::{ReadableArgs, Writeable};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio_postgres::{Client, NoTls};
 use crate::lookup::DeltaSet;
 
 use crate::persistence::GossipPersister;
@@ -110,6 +111,20 @@ impl<L: Deref + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static> RapidSyncProcessor<L> where L::Ta
 	}
 }
 
+pub(crate) async fn connect_to_db() -> Client {
+	let connection_config = config::db_connection_config();
+	let (client, connection) = connection_config.connect(NoTls).await.unwrap();
+
+	tokio::spawn(async move {
+		if let Err(e) = connection.await {
+			panic!("connection error: {}", e);
+		}
+	});
+
+	client.execute("set time zone UTC", &[]).await.unwrap();
+	client
+}
+
 /// This method generates a no-op blob that can be used as a delta where none exists.
 ///
 /// The primary purpose of this method is the scenario of a client retrieving and processing a
@@ -142,16 +157,10 @@ fn serialize_empty_blob(current_timestamp: u64) -> Vec<u8> {
 }
 
 async fn serialize_delta<L: Deref + Clone>(network_graph: Arc<NetworkGraph<L>>, last_sync_timestamp: u32, logger: L) -> SerializedResponse where L::Target: Logger {
-	let (client, connection) = lookup::connect_to_db().await;
+	let client = connect_to_db().await;
 
 	network_graph.remove_stale_channels_and_tracking();
 
-	tokio::spawn(async move {
-		if let Err(e) = connection.await {
-			panic!("connection error: {}", e);
-		}
-	});
-
 	let mut output: Vec<u8> = vec![];
 
 	// set a flag if the chain hash is prepended

src/lookup.rs

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ use std::time::{Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use lightning::ln::msgs::{ChannelAnnouncement, ChannelUpdate, UnsignedChannelAnnouncement, UnsignedChannelUpdate};
 use lightning::routing::gossip::NetworkGraph;
 use lightning::util::ser::Readable;
-use tokio_postgres::{Client, Connection, NoTls, Socket};
-use tokio_postgres::tls::NoTlsStream;
+use tokio_postgres::Client;
 
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use lightning::log_info;
@@ -68,11 +67,6 @@ impl Default for DirectedUpdateDelta {
 	}
 }
 
-pub(super) async fn connect_to_db() -> (Client, Connection<Socket, NoTlsStream>) {
-	let connection_config = config::db_connection_config();
-	connection_config.connect(NoTls).await.unwrap()
-}
-
 /// Fetch all the channel announcements that are presently in the network graph, regardless of
 /// whether they had been seen before.
 /// Also include all announcements for which the first update was announced

src/persistence.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use lightning::routing::gossip::NetworkGraph;
 use lightning::util::logger::Logger;
 use lightning::util::ser::Writeable;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
-use tokio_postgres::NoTls;
 
 use crate::config;
 use crate::types::GossipMessage;
@@ -33,15 +32,7 @@ impl<L: Deref> GossipPersister<L> where L::Target: Logger {
 	}
 
 	pub(crate) async fn persist_gossip(&mut self) {
-		let connection_config = config::db_connection_config();
-		let (mut client, connection) =
-			connection_config.connect(NoTls).await.unwrap();
-
-		tokio::spawn(async move {
-			if let Err(e) = connection.await {
-				panic!("connection error: {}", e);
-			}
-		});
+		let mut client = crate::connect_to_db().await;
 
 		{
 			// initialize the database
@@ -57,6 +48,11 @@ impl<L: Deref> GossipPersister<L> where L::Target: Logger {
 				config::upgrade_db(cur_schema[0].get(0), &mut client).await;
 			}
 
+			let preparation = client.execute("set time zone UTC", &[]).await;
+			if let Err(preparation_error) = preparation {
+				panic!("db preparation error: {}", preparation_error);
+			}
+
 			let initialization = client
 				.execute(
 					// TODO: figure out a way to fix the id value without Postgres complaining about