From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Release notes typo |
Date: | 2005-10-25 04:17:52 |
Message-ID: | 9473.1130213872@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
> "dates who's result" should be "dates whose result."
It's still horrible English :-( A date hasn't got a result, much
less one that includes a daylight savings time adjustment period.
We should rewrite the entire paragraph. Maybe
Days that contain a daylight savings time adjustment are not 24
hours, but typically 23 or 25 hours. This change creates a
conceptual distinction between intervals of "so many days"
and intervals of "so many hours". Adding '1 day' to a timestamp
now gives the same local time on the next day even if a daylight
savings time adjustment occurs between, whereas adding '24 hours'
will give a different local time when this happens. For example:
<same example>
regards, tom lane
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