Hi,
On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:32:49AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
>
> The value of expression 'thistimecnt >> 31 >> 31 >> 2' (in
> src/timezone/zic.c) is zero regardless of the value of the left operand
> 'thistimecnt', because it is shifted by 64 (in total) bits, which is greater
> or equal to its size of 64 bits.
>
> Maybe this was what was meant?
> thistimecnt >> 31 >> 2
Note that this is code imported as-is from upstream IANA tzcode, so we wouldn't
make any change ourself.
Looking at their git history they added it to remove some theoretical int
limits:
https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/cc8aec6ecb1ecc3099f173e2bca9785ae8359c03
