Re: Timezones in 8.2.7

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Joseph S" <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Timezones in 8.2.7
Date: 2008-03-26 17:00:46
Message-ID: 29169.1206550846@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Weirdly, I'm getting the right offsets, but my timezone in pgsql is
> navajo... For the OS it's America/Denver like I set it. And there's
> no timezone set in postgresql.conf.

According to the TZ files, "Navajo" is just an alias for
"America/Denver":

Link America/Denver Navajo

IIRC we have the TZ-intuiting code set to prefer shorter names when it
has two equally good matches to the system's timezone behavior, so
that's why it's picking "Navajo".

regards, tom lane

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