| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | nat(at)makarevitch(dot)org, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: TIMEZONE names |
| Date: | 2021-06-12 19:49:39 |
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On Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 12:28 PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/datatype-datetime.html
> Description:
>
> The documentation states that some timezone names are recognized. As far
> as
> I understand others aren't.
>
> This seems to be true:
> $psql postgres -c "set TIMEZONE='bug' ; show timezone;"
> ERROR: invalid value for parameter "TimeZone": "bug"
> $ echo $?
> 1
>
> However adding a correct numerical offset leads Postgresql to accept a
> non-existing timezone name:
> $ psql postgres -c "set TIMEZONE='bug-1' ; show timezone;"
> $ echo $?
> 0
>
That would be the Appendix B material the documentation is referencing.
David J.
>
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