Re: 8.1.x (tested 8.1.8) timezone bugs

> AFAICS there is not any provision in the code that reads that string to
> have different rules in different years, so you're more or less stuck
> with being wrong before 2007 or being wrong after. Realistically this
> means that POSIX-style rule strings are no longer useful, and you'd
> better start using one of the zic timezone names. Which, prior to 8.2,
> means you'd better spell PST8PDT in upper case ... or maybe insert a
> symlink in the timezone/ tree to make the lower-case name valid ...

O.k., really trying to not be difficult here but... if we modified 8.1.9
(to be released) to not fold the case of the unquoted timezone, doesn't
that resolve the issue entirely? (well it is a band-aid but still).

Joshua D. Drake

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> regards, tom lane
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