Re: Year 2038 Bug? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zdenek Kotala
Subject Re: Year 2038 Bug?
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Msg-id 48F3956B.2030901@sun.com
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In response to Re: Year 2038 Bug?  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
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David E. Wheeler napsal(a):
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:22, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> I've never noticed a problem with the TZinfo database that ships on 
> systems I've used. How would I know that there was a problem? What sort 
> of trouble could I get into?

when you use --with-system-tzdata and run make check on head it fails on 
systemes without 64bit tzinfo support.
    Zdenek



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