Re: PDT but not WEST

On Sep 29, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> writes:
>> I am baffled. Both PDT and WEST appear as valid timezone abbreviations, and each have unique values, but:
>
> Where do you see WEST as a valid timezone abbrevation?

Voila, "Western Europe Summer Time":

test=# select * from pg_timezone_names where abbrev='WEST';
name | abbrev | utc_offset | is_dst
------------------+--------+------------+--------
Atlantic/Canary | WEST | 01:00:00 | t
Atlantic/Faeroe | WEST | 01:00:00 | t
Atlantic/Faroe | WEST | 01:00:00 | t
Atlantic/Madeira | WEST | 01:00:00 | t
Europe/Lisbon | WEST | 01:00:00 | t
Portugal | WEST | 01:00:00 | t
WET | WEST | 01:00:00 | t
(7 rows)

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-- Christophe Pettus
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