Re: [SQL] Argentinian timezone change at the last moment. How to change pgsql tz db?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Fernando Hevia" <fhevia(at)ip-tel(dot)com(dot)ar>
Cc: "'Scott Marlowe'" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, "'Joe'" <dev(at)freedomcircle(dot)net>, "'SQL Postgresql List'" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Argentinian timezone change at the last moment. How to change pgsql tz db?
Date: 2008-01-04 04:37:56
Message-ID: 28319.1199421476@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Fernando Hevia" <fhevia(at)ip-tel(dot)com(dot)ar> writes:
> With 8.2.x the ARST abbreviation was recognized after including the
> following line in /usr/share/postgresql/8.2/timezonesets/Default

> ARST -14400 D # Argentina Summer Time

Um ... is that really offsetting in the correct direction? What I put
into CVS was

ARST -7200 D # Argentina Summer Time

If that's wrong I need to know ...

> I wonder if pg_timezone_names plays any role in the ARST issue. It does
> contain the right data (appeared after copying tzdata into
> /usr/share/postgresql/timezone and restarting server) but ARST wasn't
> accepted till previous step was done.

Too tired to experiment, but you may need a "pg_ctl reload" or even a
restart to get PG to notice changes in your timezonesets file.

regards, tom lane

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