Re: Is the time zone comment in postgresql.conf still valid?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Is the time zone comment in postgresql.conf still valid?
Date: 2004-07-12 02:45:22
Message-ID: 3853.1089600322@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> #timezone = unknown # actually, defaults to TZ environment
> setting

> Is that comment still actually true?

Yes, we do still believe TZ if it is set; see select_default_timezone.
The comment isn't the whole story, but I don't think it ever was, and
I'm not sure you can do a lot better in half a line ...

regards, tom lane

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