| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Thomas Lockhart <thomas(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: More time zones |
| Date: | 2002-02-25 21:40:10 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0202251633350.836-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Bruce Momjian writes:
> This is related to the Australian timezone duplication where we have a
> GUC parameter. Could we generalize the GUC stuff to allow arbitrary
> timezone mappings? Just an idea. Not sure it is worth it. The
> Australians complained but I have not hear complaints from other
> countries.
I claim that most of the time zone abbreviations that we have now are
purely theoretical fabrications.
What we need to think about is a system that is
* customizable
* internationalized
* consistent
* real
The current system is none of these things.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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