Re: Year 2038 Bug?

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Year 2038 Bug?
Date: 2008-10-13 19:41:15
Message-ID: 50C1452F-EEBA-4FE1-B94E-D08A719A1CB1@kineticode.com
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On Oct 13, 2008, at 12:35, Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> Tom Lane napsal(a):
>
>> Generally you'd use --with-system-tzdata on a platform where you
>> expect
>> to receive routine package updates for the tzdata files,
>> independently
>> of the Postgres release cycle. It seems reasonable to assume that
>> anyone currently shipping tzdata is offering 64-bit files. (But we
>> do
>> have that regression test check in there to make sure.)
>
> Unfortunately, you are not correct here :( see:
>
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=4246033

So ideally all OS venders would ship 64-bit tzdata files, eh?

Best,

David

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