Re: BUG #5466: Asia/Novosibirsk timezone problem - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Excerpts from Magnus Hagander's message of mié may 19 15:17:50 -0400 2010:
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> > Well, ISTM it does make a difference, which is that there *is* DST info
> > in the N. Central Asia Standard Time zone, no?  According the Dmitry,
> > Almaty doesn't have DST, so it's wrong to report that zone.
>
> Well, if we report it as Novosibirsk, it will have DST. Which users in
> Almaty aren't supposed to have, so it'll be wrong for them. So it's
> going to be wrong for one of them whichever way we go, won't it?

I meant that the Windows timezone does have DST, so users in Almaty are
already screwed, but by Microsoft, not us.
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