David E. Wheeler napsal(a):
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:13, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
>>> Probably no problem, then. Do dates in PostgreSQL work for their
>>> entire documented ranges on 32bit processors?
>>
>> As long as the C compiler supports int64 ...
>
> I was afraid you'd say that. See:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/y2038/wiki/WhyBother
>
> Especially the "64 bit CPU doesn't mean 2038 clean" section. Again,
> maybe this doesn't apply to PostgreSQL; I'm just doing a bit of
> diligence. :-)
PostgreSQL 8.4 uses 64bit data type for time. But if you use system timezone
then you can get in trouble if system does not support 64bit zic files.
Zdenek
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Zdenek Kotala Sun Microsystems
Prague, Czech Republic http://sun.com/postgresql
