Re: BUG #9955: The time zone value for South Africa (SAST) is 01:00:00 not 09:30:00

From: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, valentin(dot)gora(at)vitheia(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #9955: The time zone value for South Africa (SAST) is 01:00:00 not 09:30:00
Date: 2014-04-11 21:07:54
Message-ID: 534859AA.60604@dalibo.com
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On 04/11/2014 06:54 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> valentin(dot)gora(at)vitheia(dot)com writes:
>> Wrong value in pg_timezone_abbrevs ( generated by pg_timezone_abbrevs()
>> function, implemented internally )
> This isn't terribly helpful. What do you think should be changed,
> exactly, and to what?

It's in the subject. The SAST utc_offset is incorrect for South Africa
and shows instead South Australia because the abbreviation is
ambiguous. Not sure if there's anything to do about that.
--
Vik

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