Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Weird new time zone

From: Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Weird new time zone
Date: 2004-07-23 05:08:55
Message-ID: 41009D67.2010008@opencloud.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com> writes:
>
>>It'd be nice to have a predictable timezone choice made when there's a
>>tie. Perhaps we should order on timezone name in this case?
>
>
> The Antarctica zones would tend to win with such a rule, which is
> probably not what we want :-(. But certainly we could do something
> with ties beyond "take the first one in scan order".
>
> Would "shortest name wins" help any?

Well, I was thinking about the NZ vs. Pacific/Auckland tie actually. We
already have a way to avoid picking Antarctica -- scan further back.

-O

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