diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
index b543f64b651..b2f29e62284 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
@@ -930,22 +930,22 @@ $ <userinput>cal 9 1752</userinput>
   <para>
    This definition does, however, provide a way to obtain the astronomical
    definition when you need it: do the arithmetic in time
-   zone <literal>UTC-12</literal>.  For example,
+   zone <literal>UTC+12</literal>.  For example,
 <programlisting>
-=&gt; SELECT extract(julian from '2021-06-23 7:00:00-04'::timestamptz at time zone 'UTC-12');
+=&gt; SELECT extract(julian from '2021-06-23 7:00:00-04'::timestamptz at time zone 'UTC+12');
      date_part
 --------------------
- 2459389.9583333335
+ 2459388.9583333335
 (1 row)
-=&gt; SELECT extract(julian from '2021-06-23 8:00:00-04'::timestamptz at time zone 'UTC-12');
+=&gt; SELECT extract(julian from '2021-06-23 8:00:00-04'::timestamptz at time zone 'UTC+12');
  date_part
 -----------
-   2459390
+   2459389
 (1 row)
-=&gt; SELECT extract(julian from date '2021-06-24');
+=&gt; SELECT extract(julian from date '2021-06-23');
  date_part
 -----------
-   2459390
+   2459389
 (1 row)
 </programlisting>
   </para>