The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 4528
Logged by: chris wood
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.4
Operating system: Debian
Description: (rounding?) error with some timezone names
Details:
again sorry I do not have access to 8.3.5, but it should be a quick check
for anyone who does.
postgresbugs=# select version() ;
version
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
PostgreSQL 8.3.4 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.3.real (Debian
4.3.2-1) 4.3.2
(1 row)
postgresbugs=# select * from pg_catalog.pg_timezone_names where name =
'right/Pacific/Wake' ;
name | abbrev | utc_offset | is_dst
--------------------+--------+------------+--------
right/Pacific/Wake | WAKT | 12:00:00 | f
(1 row)
postgresbugs=# select '2008-01-09 07:00:00-00'::timestamptz at time zone
'right/Pacific/Wake' ;
timezone
---------------------
2008-01-09 18:59:37 <<<<<<<<<???????
(1 row)
postgresbugs=# select '2008-01-09 07:00:00-00'::timestamptz at time zone
'WAKT' ;
timezone
---------------------
2008-01-09 19:00:00
(1 row)
In version 8.3.1 there were 586 timezone names that manifest a similar
error.
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