Re: Timezone fun (bugs and a request) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Timezone fun (bugs and a request)
Date
Msg-id 26412.1085511684@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Timezone fun (bugs and a request)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Timezone fun (bugs and a request)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>)
Re: Timezone fun (bugs and a request)  (Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>)
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I wrote:
> Also, it's worth pointing out here that falling back to Etc/GMT+/-n
> is intended to be just that, a last-ditch fallback that won't be seen
> in normal practice.  We still need to do some more work on
> identify_system_timezone() to make that happen outside North America,
> but I would like to think that average users will never see these zones
> except by deliberate selection.

BTW, as of an hour or so ago, identify_system_timezone is a bit smarter
than before.  Please try it and see if it gets it right on your machine.
        regards, tom lane


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