"Sander Steffann" <s.steffann@computel.nl> writes:
>> What the datetime.c code is doing is trying to find the zoneabbrev
>> in a built-in timezone table, and then adding the two together.
>> This is simply wacko.
> I think that if anyone has ever tried to use this notation they would have
> noticed this misinterpretation of the specs.
Well, it'd work without surprise for the case of "GMT+-n", which is
undoubtedly the most common case ...
regards, tom lane