Re: 8.1.x (tested 8.1.8) timezone bugs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.1.x (tested 8.1.8) timezone bugs
Date: 2007-03-13 18:55:14
Message-ID: 8151.1173812114@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Does this not seem a problem to you?

No. 8.2 is case-insensitive on timezone names, but prior releases were not.
I believe the difference you're seeing in 8.1 is that 'PST8PDT' binds to
the zic database entry by that name, while 'pst8pdt' falls back on the
POSIX-default rules, which are presumably still the old DST law.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Joshua D. Drake 2007-03-13 19:10:50 Re: 8.1.x (tested 8.1.8) timezone bugs
Previous Message Joshua D. Drake 2007-03-13 18:50:04 Re: 8.1.x (tested 8.1.8) timezone bugs