Re: [HACKERS] Date/Time Flaw in pg_dump ?

From: reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu (Ross J(dot) Reedstrom)
To: pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Date/Time Flaw in pg_dump ?
Date: 1999-05-12 15:19:45
Message-ID: m10hanR-000LICC@wallace.ece.rice.edu
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> What happens for those times that occur twice? Like if the clocks go
> back 1 hour at 3:00am on a particular day, then that time happens twice.
> In other words 3/3/1999 2:30am EST may be an ambigous time because that
> time occurs twice. How is that handled?

Actually, not. The first time 2:30am occurs, it's EST, the second time, its
EDT. Ambiguity only occurs if you present local time without a timezone. :-(

Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005

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