Re: [HACKERS] Time zones

From: Ross Johnson <rpj(at)ise(dot)canberra(dot)edu(dot)au>
To: "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Time zones
Date: 1999-01-15 06:39:17
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.05.9901151736370.177-100000@swan.canberra.edu.au
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Australian Eastern Std Time is GMT-10. Alaska and Hawaii are
definitely on the other side of the dateline. They should not be the
same.

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:

> I'm writing up the full set of allowed date/time formats, and thought
> I'd include the recognized time zones.
>
> I want to confirm that AHST, Alaska-Hawaii Std Time, should have the
> same value as Australia Eastern Std Time, which is what the conversion
> table claims. Seems to me that it is on the wrong side of the date line.
> Does someone know what the correct value is?
>
> - Tom
>
>

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