Re: [GENERAL] User-Friendly TimeZone List

2007-08-15 Thread Tom Lane
Naz Gassiep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. The timezone list there isn't exactly user friendly, there are many > Etc/* timezones there, as well as others that would be potentially > confusing for users who are trying to select the timezone they are in. Feel free to filter things you don't thin

Re: [GENERAL] User-Friendly TimeZone List

2007-08-15 Thread Naz Gassiep
Do the views in 8.2 pg_timezone_abbrevs and pg_timezone_names help at all? They are where I am currently getting the authoritative list of timezones. However this list does not seem to be quite appropriate to expose users to directly. Read my original post, I've explained it a little more

Re: [GENERAL] User-Friendly TimeZone List

2007-08-15 Thread A.M.
On Aug 15, 2007, at 13:27 , Naz Gassiep wrote: Hi all, I am still, after quite some time, wrangling over the time zone system in my app. I have sorted out all the internal handling, however I am still uncertain as to what the best way to get the user to select their time zone is.

Re: [GENERAL] User-Friendly TimeZone List

2007-08-15 Thread Scott Marlowe
On 8/15/07, Naz Gassiep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I am still, after quite some time, wrangling over the time zone > system in my app. I have sorted out all the internal handling, however I > am still uncertain as to what the best way to get the user to select > their time zone is.