On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:53, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Oh. Is it not preferable to use the tzdata that ships with
>> PostgreSQL?
>
> Not necessarily; the system might have a more up-to-date tzdata.
Gotcha.
> 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.)
Understood. Thanks for the explanation (and the regression test!).
Best,
David
