| From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Time Zone design issues |
| Date: | 2007-09-10 04:28:07 |
| Message-ID: | 46E4C7D7.2070500@cox.net |
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On 09/09/07 22:29, novnov wrote:
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> But it doesn't particularly make sense to set the server's clock to UTC.
> It'd seem to skew a lot of server functionality which I'd think should
> normally be geared around local time. So I'd guess that the route to take is
> to keep the server pegged to local time, and use a function that derives UTC
> from now(), tags the 'last modified' fields with that value.
Your single-user Windows mindset is shining brightly.
Unix servers have had their internal clocks set to UTC for a decade
or more, and there have been no noticeable ill effects, since apps
all know to adjust for TZ.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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