Re: Year 2038 Bug? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Year 2038 Bug?
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Msg-id 049C76DB-2A82-4EDB-AA6D-DDF6CB486A65@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Year 2038 Bug?  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
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On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:22, Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> PostgreSQL 8.4 uses 64bit data type for time. But if you use system  
> timezone then you can get in trouble if system does not support  
> 64bit zic files.

I've never noticed a problem with the TZinfo database that ships on  
systems I've used. How would I know that there was a problem? What  
sort of trouble could I get into?

Thanks,

David



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