Thread: BUG #2548: Fatal error with timezone

BUG #2548: Fatal error with timezone

From
"Ricardo Solanilla"
Date:
The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      2548
Logged by:          Ricardo Solanilla
Email address:      abasoft@ciudad.com.ar
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
Operating system:   Windows XP Pro
Description:        Fatal error with timezone
Details:

my log show this error, the server stop and never more i could start it, and
reinstall didn't work. (i lost all my databases)

2006-07-21 12:04:10 LOG:  unrecognized time zone name:
"America/Buenos_Aires"
2006-07-21 12:04:10 FATAL:  invalid value for parameter "TimeZone":
"America/Buenos_Aires"

(no human touch the windows configuration or regional)

Re: BUG #2548: Fatal error with timezone

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
> Bug reference:      2548
> Logged by:          Ricardo Solanilla
> Email address:      abasoft@ciudad.com.ar
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
> Operating system:   Windows XP Pro
> Description:        Fatal error with timezone
> Details:
>=20
> my log show this error, the server stop and never more i could
> start it, and reinstall didn't work. (i lost all my databases)
>=20
> 2006-07-21 12:04:10 LOG:  unrecognized time zone name:
> "America/Buenos_Aires"
> 2006-07-21 12:04:10 FATAL:  invalid value for parameter "TimeZone":
> "America/Buenos_Aires"
>=20
> (no human touch the windows configuration or regional)

Interesting.
Does the file America\Buenos_Aires exist within your
PostgreSQL\share\timezone directory?

//Magnus