On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:54:13 +0000, Jon Perryman wrote: > Paul, the iana.org time database is one of many attempts at solving the time > issue. Databases and other multi-user products have their own implementations > to deal with their specific situation. Mysql is open source so you can see > their implementation. > At: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html I read: Please don't use this package if your system includes zoneinfo files (e.g. Linux, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris)
So, apparently MySQL chooses to use the iana.org time database where available, like those systems named and most of the civilized world. >For the difficult situations, we just accept an acceptable solution. > "Acceptable" is subjective (as is "better"). Here, I'd go with the majority's choice, not IBM's. > On Saturday, August 17, 2019, 08:05:22 PM PDT, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >This is addressed by: https://www.iana.org/time-zones -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
