On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>
> On 08.04.25 16:59, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 10:36:45AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Since we recorded feature freeze as April 8, 2025 0:00 AoE (anywhere on
> >> Earth):
> >>
> >> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_18_Open_Items#Important_Dates
> >> https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe
> >>
> >> and it is now 2:34 AM AoE, I guess we are now in feature freeze.
> >
> > Frankly, I think the name "anywhere on Earth" is confusing, since it
> > really is "everywhere on Earth":
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth
> >
> > Anywhere on Earth (AoE) is a calendar designation that indicates
> > that a period expires when the date passes everywhere on Earth.
>
> Yes, that works intuitively when you specify that sometimes ends when a
> certain day ends, for example:
>
> "The feature development phase ends at the end of day of April 7, AoE."
>
> That means, everyone everywhere can just look up at their clock and see,
> it's still April 7, it's still going. (Of course, others can then do
> the analysis and keep going until some time on April 8, but that would
> be sort of against the spirit.)
>
> If you use it as a time zone with a time of day, it doesn't make
> intuitive sense.
+1. I think the idea is too simple to be acceptable.
Any timezone based deadline might be seen as unfair to those for whom
that time falls in their respective nights. AoE removes that
unfairness.
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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat
