Re: TimeZone List - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: TimeZone List
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Msg-id 23806.1180492691@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: TimeZone List  (Naz Gassiep <naz@mira.net>)
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Re: TimeZone List
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Naz Gassiep <naz@mira.net> writes:
> Ok, that's kinda cool. But can I trust those names to not change from
> version to version?

No, you can't.  The reason there is no "nonvolatile" list of timezones
is that timezones are subject to the whims of politicians, who can and
do change them at the drop of a hat.  Read the historical comments in
the zic source files sometime...

            regards, tom lane

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