From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com> |
Cc: | "'pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Pre-1970 dates under Win32 |
Date: | 2004-02-02 06:57:15 |
Message-ID: | 29481.1075705035@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com> writes:
> Under Win32, localtime returns NULL for dates pre 1970.
Count on Microsloth to get it wrong :-(
> If we want to support pre-1970 dates, which I imagine we do, then this
> function requires some serious rework under Win32.
I think the long-term trend here is to implement our own timezone
library and stop relying on libc for this service. While M$ seems
to have achieved a new low, there are lots of crummy timezone
implementations out there. I'd not recommend spending a lot of time
on patching the existing code. Erroring out rather than crashing is
probably sufficient.
regards, tom lane
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