Re: Difference when using ZIC vs. Timezone Abbr - Bug?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Dave Witt <dwitt(at)movenetworks(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Difference when using ZIC vs. Timezone Abbr - Bug?
Date: 2008-08-22 01:17:25
Message-ID: 20080822011725.GX4169@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Dave Witt <dwitt(at)movenetworks(dot)com> writes:
> > These two queries produce different output, using version 8.3.3:
> > SELECT '2008-01-01 00:00:00+00'::timestamptz AT TIME ZONE 'MDT';
> > SELECT '2008-01-01 00:00:00+00'::timestamptz AT TIME ZONE 'America/Boise';
>
> Why are you surprised? Boise would've been on MST not MDT on that date.

i.e. try using MST7MDT instead, which behaves more sanely.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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