| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Year 2038 Bug? |
| Date: | 2008-10-13 18:57:29 |
| Message-ID: | 738808EF-B132-47F3-B437-CCEE7F043E95@kineticode.com |
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On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:53, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Oh. Is it not preferable to use the tzdata that ships with
>> PostgreSQL?
>
> Not necessarily; the system might have a more up-to-date tzdata.
Gotcha.
> Generally you'd use --with-system-tzdata on a platform where you
> expect
> to receive routine package updates for the tzdata files, independently
> of the Postgres release cycle. It seems reasonable to assume that
> anyone currently shipping tzdata is offering 64-bit files. (But we do
> have that regression test check in there to make sure.)
Understood. Thanks for the explanation (and the regression test!).
Best,
David
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