Re: 002_types.pl fails on some timezones on windows

From: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Petr Jelinek <petr(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: 002_types.pl fails on some timezones on windows
Date: 2021-09-30 20:24:56
Message-ID: CA+hUKG+2P0FWyPPPdCC0wFTqPeiMxFM4fCCT6r2zPYztxi5O7w@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 8:38 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> But the option of "Greenwich Daylight Time" suggests that Windows thinks
> this means UK civil time, not UTC.

Yes, it's been a while but IIRC Windows in the UK uses confusing
terminology here even in user interfaces, so that in summer it appears
to be wrong, which is annoying to anyone brought up on Eggert's
system. The CLDR windowsZones.xml file shows this.

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