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From tgl@svr1.postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt datetime.c
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Msg-id 20030913211238.8B30AD1B4EE@svr1.postgresql.org
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CVSROOT:    /cvsroot
Module name:    pgsql-server
Changes by:    tgl@svr1.postgresql.org    03/09/13 18:12:38

Modified files:
    src/backend/utils/adt: datetime.c

Log message:
    Okay, I've had it with mktime() bugs.  While chasing Torello Querci's
    recent gripe, I discovered not one but two undocumented, undesirable
    behaviors of glibc's mktime.  So, stop using it entirely, and always
    rely on inversion of localtime() to determine the local time zone.
    It's not even very much slower, as it turns out that mktime (at least
    in the glibc implementation) also does repeated reverse-conversions.


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