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From Thomas Munro
Subject Re: 002_types.pl fails on some timezones on windows
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In response to Re: 002_types.pl fails on some timezones on windows  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: 002_types.pl fails on some timezones on windows  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 8:38 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> But the option of "Greenwich Daylight Time" suggests that Windows thinks
> this means UK civil time, not UTC.

Yes, it's been a while but IIRC Windows in the UK uses confusing
terminology here even in user interfaces, so that in summer it appears
to be wrong, which is annoying to anyone brought up on Eggert's
system.  The CLDR windowsZones.xml file shows this.

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