| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Sander Steffann" <s(dot)steffann(at)computel(dot)nl> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Anyone using "POSIX" time zone offset capability? |
| Date: | 2006-10-17 13:23:25 |
| Message-ID: | 16394.1161091405@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Sander Steffann" <s(dot)steffann(at)computel(dot)nl> writes:
>> What the datetime.c code is doing is trying to find the zoneabbrev
>> in a built-in timezone table, and then adding the two together.
>> This is simply wacko.
> I think that if anyone has ever tried to use this notation they would have
> noticed this misinterpretation of the specs.
Well, it'd work without surprise for the case of "GMT+-n", which is
undoubtedly the most common case ...
regards, tom lane
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