Re: Time zone 'GMT+8' - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Time zone 'GMT+8'
Date
Msg-id 14214.1259505755@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Time zone 'GMT+8'  (silly8888 <silly8888@gmail.com>)
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silly8888 <silly8888@gmail.com> writes:
>> From http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-TIMEZONES

> Another issue to keep in mind is that in POSIX time zone names,
> positive offsets are used for locations west of Greenwich.

Yeah, we're caught between two incompatible conventions :-(.  I suggest
reading the whole section linked to above, it should make things
clearer.

            regards, tom lane

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