"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
>>> Does it have to be a specific city? I'd rather it just chose GMT.
>>
>> The fact that there is an entry for "GMT Daylight Time" means that
>> Windows' idea of this time zone is not pure GMT. Or is the
>> translation table entry a complete work of fiction?
> No, it's a work of a simplistic perlscript IIRC. It simply looked for
> the first match it could find, based on the list found in the registry
> (the whole concept is a bit of an ugly hack, but it's the best we could
> come up with). If there is a more fitting timezone for it, it should be
> changed.
I guess the question is whether, when Windows is using this setting,
it tracks British summer time rules or not. Would someone check?
regards, tom lane