| From: | Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> |
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| To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Year 2038 Bug? |
| Date: | 2008-10-13 18:37:31 |
| Message-ID: | 48F3956B.2030901@sun.com |
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David E. Wheeler napsal(a):
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:22, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
>
>> PostgreSQL 8.4 uses 64bit data type for time. But if you use system
>> timezone then you can get in trouble if system does not support 64bit
>> zic files.
>
> I've never noticed a problem with the TZinfo database that ships on
> systems I've used. How would I know that there was a problem? What sort
> of trouble could I get into?
when you use --with-system-tzdata and run make check on head it fails on
systemes without 64bit tzinfo support.
Zdenek
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Zdenek Kotala Sun Microsystems
Prague, Czech Republic http://sun.com/postgresql
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