Re: JDBC regression tests broken by latest timezone changes

From: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: List <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: JDBC regression tests broken by latest timezone changes
Date: 2014-10-25 06:46:50
Message-ID: CADK3HHKr9cjMeW2_fpVzjLESZ8tKjLMfV-yHLKTpuXHwitpQVw@mail.gmail.com
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Fixed.

Thanks Tom!

Dave Cramer

dave.cramer(at)credativ(dot)ca
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On 22 October 2014 17:24, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> My Salesforce colleagues just pointed out that the JDBC regression
> tests fail against 9.4beta3, because those tests include a check on
> the timezone Europe/Helsinki in 1920, and the latest IANA timezone
> database changed what they think the GMT offset was there/then.
>
> This doubtless explains why buildfarm member piapiac has been unhappy
> since the TZ updates went in, though it sure doesn't provide much
> visibility into the exact failure :-(
>
> I'd counsel following the precedent of commit
> 66b737cd9a72e10df4de1867ae7b675bc48d478c if you want to test
> any fractional-second GMT offsets: use Paris, whose location was
> pretty well established even back then.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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