| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server: Add code to identify_system_timezone() to try all zones in |
| Date: | 2004-05-26 03:09:52 |
| Message-ID: | 20040526030952.GA24543@dcc.uchile.cl |
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On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 03:08:59PM -0300, Tom Lane wrote:
> Add code to identify_system_timezone() to try all zones in the zic
> database, not just ones that we cons up POSIX names for. This looks
> grim but it seems to take less than a second even on a relatively slow
> machine, and since it only happens once during postmaster startup, that
> seems acceptable.
Is it possible to execute this at initdb time to set the default
timezone in postgresql.conf? The user could get a message about what
timezone was selected, and be offered a --command-line-switch to select
a specific one.
Just an idea ...
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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"Ninguna manada de bestias tiene una voz tan horrible como la humana" (Orual)
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