Re: [HACKERS] Time zones - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ross Johnson
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Time zones
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.05.9901151736370.177-100000@swan.canberra.edu.au
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In response to Time zones  ("Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Time zones  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Australian Eastern Std Time is GMT-10. Alaska and Hawaii are
definitely on the other side of the dateline. They should not be the
same.

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:

> I'm writing up the full set of allowed date/time formats, and thought
> I'd include the recognized time zones.
> 
> I want to confirm that AHST, Alaska-Hawaii Std Time, should have the
> same value as Australia Eastern Std Time, which is what the conversion
> table claims. Seems to me that it is on the wrong side of the date line.
> Does someone know what the correct value is?
> 
>                   - Tom
> 
> 

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