Re: [HACKERS] pgsql-server: Adjust our timezone library to use pg_time_t (typedef'd

2004-06-03 Thread Tom Lane
Euler Taveira de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Are the zic files something that should be updated for every minor >>> release, or only for every major release? >> >> AFAIK they don't change very often. >> > I'm not sure. In Brazil, we change it every year 'cause we have 'summer > time

Re: [HACKERS] pgsql-server: Adjust our timezone library to use

2004-06-03 Thread Euler Taveira de Oliveira
Hi Tom, > > Are the zic files something that should be updated for every minor > > release, or only for every major release? > > AFAIK they don't change very often. > I'm not sure. In Brazil, we change it every year 'cause we have 'summer time'. See src/timezone/data/southamerica I think we can

Re: [HACKERS] pgsql-server: Adjust our timezone library to use pg_time_t (typedef'd

2004-06-02 Thread Tom Lane
Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are the zic files something that should be updated for every minor > release, or only for every major release? AFAIK they don't change very often. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)---

Re: [HACKERS] pgsql-server: Adjust our timezone library to use pg_time_t (typedef'd

2004-06-02 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
I did not modify the format of the zic timezone database files, which means that for the moment the system will not know about daylight-savings periods outside the range 1901-2038. Given the way the files are set up, it's not a simple decision like 'widen to 64 bits'; we have to actually think abo