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

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Year 2038 Bug?
Date
Msg-id 50C1452F-EEBA-4FE1-B94E-D08A719A1CB1@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Year 2038 Bug?  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Oct 13, 2008, at 12:35, Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> Tom Lane napsal(a):
>
>> Generally you'd use --with-system-tzdata on a platform where you  
>> expect
>> to receive routine package updates for the tzdata files,  
>> independently
>> of the Postgres release cycle.  It seems reasonable to assume that
>> anyone currently shipping tzdata is offering 64-bit files.  (But we  
>> do
>> have that regression test check in there to make sure.)
>
> Unfortunately, you are not correct here :( see:
>
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=4246033

So ideally all OS venders would ship 64-bit tzdata files, eh?

Best,

David



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