diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e7cd25c366..b70498a449 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8675,6 +8675,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "humantime",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
  "jsonb",
  "lazy_static",
  "meta-client",
diff --git a/src/operator/Cargo.toml b/src/operator/Cargo.toml
index 42c831ebc1..82ddb12e20 100644
--- a/src/operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ file-engine.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
+itertools.workspace = true
 jsonb.workspace = true
 lazy_static.workspace = true
 meta-client.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/operator/src/statement.rs b/src/operator/src/statement.rs
index 5dd39681b6..e4abf941c0 100644
--- a/src/operator/src/statement.rs
+++ b/src/operator/src/statement.rs
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ use common_meta::key::{TableMetadataManager, TableMetadataManagerRef};
 use common_meta::kv_backend::KvBackendRef;
 use common_meta::procedure_executor::ProcedureExecutorRef;
 use common_query::Output;
-use common_telemetry::tracing;
+use common_telemetry::{debug, tracing};
 use common_time::Timestamp;
 use common_time::range::TimestampRange;
 use datafusion_expr::LogicalPlan;
 use datatypes::prelude::ConcreteDataType;
 use humantime::format_duration;
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use partition::manager::{PartitionRuleManager, PartitionRuleManagerRef};
 use query::QueryEngineRef;
 use query::parser::QueryStatement;
@@ -452,6 +453,13 @@ impl StatementExecutor {
     fn set_variables(&self, set_var: SetVariables, query_ctx: QueryContextRef) -> Result<Output> {
         let var_name = set_var.variable.to_string().to_uppercase();
 
+        debug!(
+            "Trying to set {}={} for session: {} ",
+            var_name,
+            set_var.value.iter().map(|e| e.to_string()).join(", "),
+            query_ctx.conn_info()
+        );
+
         match var_name.as_str() {
             "READ_PREFERENCE" => set_read_preference(set_var.value, query_ctx)?,
 
diff --git a/src/servers/src/postgres/auth_handler.rs b/src/servers/src/postgres/auth_handler.rs
index 14450289ba..286c39da64 100644
--- a/src/servers/src/postgres/auth_handler.rs
+++ b/src/servers/src/postgres/auth_handler.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use ::auth::{Identity, Password, UserInfoRef, UserProviderRef, userinfo_by_name}
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use common_catalog::parse_catalog_and_schema_from_db_string;
 use common_error::ext::ErrorExt;
+use common_time::Timezone;
 use futures::{Sink, SinkExt};
 use pgwire::api::auth::StartupHandler;
 use pgwire::api::{ClientInfo, PgWireConnectionState, auth};
@@ -171,6 +172,23 @@ impl StartupHandler for PostgresServerHandlerInner {
                     }
                 }
 
+                // try to set TimeZone
+                if let Some(tz) = client.metadata().get("TimeZone") {
+                    match Timezone::from_tz_string(tz) {
+                        Ok(tz) => self.session.set_timezone(tz),
+                        Err(_) => {
+                            send_error(
+                                client,
+                                PgErrorCode::Ec22023
+                                    .to_err_info(format!("Invalid TimeZone: {}", tz)),
+                            )
+                            .await?;
+
+                            return Ok(());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if self.login_verifier.user_provider.is_some() {
                     client.set_state(PgWireConnectionState::AuthenticationInProgress);
                     client