Re: Problem with now() on 7.4.1-3 under cygwin? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Sean McCune <sean@redhandsoftware.com> writes:
> I have not run into this problem under Linux before, but that doesn't
> mean anything.  This application running under cygwin is more heavy duty
> than what I've run on Linux.  So we don't know if its a general postgres
> bug or something that's only occurring on cygwin.

We have heard of similar things under cygwin, so I'd suppose it's a
cygwin bug.  Postgres does not do its own timekeeping --- it believes
whatever time(2) and gettimeofday(2) tell it --- so it's definitely an
OS-level problem.

            regards, tom lane