Re: tzdata version

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jerome Wagner <jerome(dot)wagner(at)laposte(dot)net>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: tzdata version
Date: 2017-07-28 19:18:42
Message-ID: 28264.1501269522@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jerome Wagner <jerome(dot)wagner(at)laposte(dot)net> writes:
> When compiled with "--with-system-tzdata", does postgres need a restart
> after the system is updated with the new tzdata ?

No, but existing sessions will carry on with whatever data they've read
from the tzdata files; we don't have a provision to reload a timezone
definition once read by a given process.

Whether you use --with-system-tzdata doesn't matter; the same would apply
if you were updating a Postgres-private copy of the tzdata files.

regards, tom lane

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