Re: More time zones

Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > 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 don't recall that "the Australians complained". Did their consulate
> call you? ;)
>
> What was the issue? Was the previous compile-time behavior preferable to
> some?

No, the Australians complained about the compile-time flag, and were
very happy when it became a GUC parameter. I only mentioned to say that
conflicting timezone issues are obviously a problem for some, and we did
resolve it with GUC.

> In any case, we do have to understand how to support areas which have
> conflicting definitions for character time zones, so if there are
> problems we need to be specific or be satisfied with the result.

Yes, Australia is the only group to have complained, and I think they
are happy with GUC.

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