Re: [GENERAL] DST and potential changes thereto

2005-07-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
> With the U.S. Government poised to tinker with Daylight > Saving Time, I have a couple questions. > > 0) Does PG rely on system-level TZ info or will specific > updates to PG be required? I'm interested in *nix but the > Windows folks are probably interested, too. Pre-8.0 relies on the syst

Re: [GENERAL] DST and potential changes thereto

2005-07-22 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
Timezones are implemented using timezones files which contain info about daylight savings since forever. When/if the change happens a new set of timezone files should be released. Copy over the one for your area and you're fine. Postgresql may use it's own system, I think it depends on the version

[GENERAL] DST and potential changes thereto

2005-07-22 Thread Steve Crawford
With the U.S. Government poised to tinker with Daylight Saving Time, I have a couple questions. 0) Does PG rely on system-level TZ info or will specific updates to PG be required? I'm interested in *nix but the Windows folks are probably interested, too. 1) However a change is implemented, wh