Re: More time zones - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: More time zones
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0202251633350.836-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: More time zones  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> This is related to the Australian timezone duplication where we have a
> GUC parameter.  Could we generalize the GUC stuff to allow arbitrary
> timezone mappings?  Just an idea.  Not sure it is worth it.  The
> Australians complained but I have not hear complaints from other
> countries.

I claim that most of the time zone abbreviations that we have now are
purely theoretical fabrications.

What we need to think about is a system that is

* customizable
* internationalized
* consistent
* real

The current system is none of these things.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net



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