Re: pgsql-server: Check more test points (in fact, every

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql-server: Check more test points (in fact, every
Date: 2004-07-11 01:49:31
Message-ID: 40F09CAB.9030306@familyhealth.com.au
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Cool, that fixes the detection for me.

Chris

Tom Lane wrote:

> Log Message:
> -----------
> Check more test points (in fact, every week in 1970..2004) to get a more
> accurate matching of our time zone to the system's zone. This method is
> able to distinguish Antarctica/Casey from Australia/Perth, as in Chris
> K-L's recent example; and it is not materially slower than before, because
> the extra checks generally don't get done against very many time zones.
>
> It seems possible that with this test we'd be able to correctly identify
> Windows timezones without looking at the timezone name, but I do not
> have the ability to try it.
>
> Modified Files:
> --------------
> pgsql-server/src/timezone:
> pgtz.c (r1.17 -> r1.18)
> (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/timezone/pgtz.c.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18)
>
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