On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 1:34 PM Bryn Llewellyn <b...@yugabyte.com> wrote:
> Reading between your lines, the answer to my question « Where is the > syntax "<-08>+08" documented? » is NOWHERE! The "B.5. POSIX Time Zone > Specifications" page that you pointed me to has not a single example of a > "set timezone" statement that does in in the POSIX style. And not a single > example of what "show timezone" gives after doing a POZIX style setting. > (There's no hit for the left- or right-chevron on the page.) > >From the appendix: "One should be wary that it is easy to misspell a POSIX-style time zone specification, since there is no check on the reasonableness of the zone abbreviation(s). For example, SET TIMEZONE TO FOOBAR0 will work, leaving the system effectively using a rather peculiar abbreviation for UTC." You've simply substituted "<>" for "FOOBAR" I'll agree there is probably room for improvement here in dealing with the corner-cases you describe. There are just few people who both encounter these niche situations and are in a position to work through patch submission. As this one probably takes some research too it's even less likely to get attention. David J.
