On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 06:00:27PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 08.04.25 16:59, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 10:36:45AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Since we recorded feature freeze as April 8, 2025 0:00 AoE (anywhere on > > > Earth): > > > > > > > > > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_18_Open_Items#Important_Dates > > > https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe > > > > > > and it is now 2:34 AM AoE, I guess we are now in feature freeze. > > > > Frankly, I think the name "anywhere on Earth" is confusing, since it > > really is "everywhere on Earth": > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth > > > > Anywhere on Earth (AoE) is a calendar designation that indicates > > that a period expires when the date passes everywhere on Earth. > > Yes, that works intuitively when you specify that sometimes ends when a > certain day ends, for example: > > "The feature development phase ends at the end of day of April 7, AoE." > > That means, everyone everywhere can just look up at their clock and see, > it's still April 7, it's still going. (Of course, others can then do the > analysis and keep going until some time on April 8, but that would be sort > of against the spirit.) > > If you use it as a time zone with a time of day, it doesn't make intuitive > sense.
Well, they kind of did this by saying midnight on April 8 AoE, rather than end-of-day in April 7 AoE. Actually, I had originally said April 8 AoE and then was told I had to specify a time --- maybe the time was the mistake, and we still have April 8 to add features. ;-) -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
