Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Weird new time zone

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Weird new time zone
Date: 2004-07-23 05:02:52
Message-ID: 16269.1090558972@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com> writes:
> It'd be nice to have a predictable timezone choice made when there's a
> tie. Perhaps we should order on timezone name in this case?

The Antarctica zones would tend to win with such a rule, which is
probably not what we want :-(. But certainly we could do something
with ties beyond "take the first one in scan order".

Would "shortest name wins" help any?

regards, tom lane

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