Re: Correction of how to use TimeZone by ControlFile(xlog.c)

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:17:21AM +0900, Hiroshi Saito wrote:
>
>>> "Hiroshi Saito" <z-saito(at)guitar(dot)ocn(dot)ne(dot)jp> writes:
>>>
>>>> [ patch to use pg_strftime in xlog.c ]
>>>>
>>> This code deliberately does not use pg_strftime, for the same reasons
>>> that elog.c doesn't use it.
>>>
>>> I'm inclined to think that an appropriate fix is the same as we use in
>>> elog.c, ie, don't use %Z at all under Windows.
>>>
>> Eh? Do you mean this change?
>> "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z" to "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
>> That tzname is expressed here does not regard me as a problem.
>> Probably, elog.c has still more nearly another problem.
>>
>
> Having talked a bit off-list with Hiroshi-san, he came up with the
> suggestion taht we should be logging this information in UTC/GMT instead of
> the servers timezone (for all cases, not just win32). That would make
> things equally "safe" wrt changes in the pg timezone, and always
> predictable.
>
> Thoughts on this?
>
>
>

Are you just talking about xlog.c? That wouldn't be an acceptable change
in elog.c, although we could provide additional escapes to output UTC if
needed.

cheers

andrew