Re: BUG #6637: Casablanca timezone is wrong

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM, <dchuet(at)odotech(dot)com> wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      6637
> Logged by:          David Chuet
> Email address:      dchuet(at)odotech(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.7
> Operating system:   Windows 7 x64
> Description:
>
> Using Postgresql command :
>
> ------------------------------------------
> SELECT * FROM pg_timezone_names
> ------------------------------------------
> We get for Africa/Casablanca, timezone equal to WET with no DST.
>
> This is not true from 2010.
> See Wikipedia, for Morocco:
>
> Time zone       WET (UTC+0)
> Summer (DST)    WEST (UTC+1)(May 2nd to August 7th)
>
> So, I cannot set correctly the DateTime for an install in Morocco.

We get the time zone list from the operating system. It might not be
working correctly, but based on this amount of information I can't
speculate as to why.

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