On 10/05/2018 14:29, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: > In practical terms, it's the same as a DST change. > > A DST is nothing different than a "rule change" and another "rule > change" every year. > > Some time zones nomenclature are specific to the region's standard or DST times, so they are (or almost) fixed, one may be -03 and another -02, for example.
But that is not true for all. Say America/Sao_Paulo, it has different displacement from UTC depending on the timestamp. Adriano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel