On Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 12:28 PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org> wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/datatype-datetime.html > Description: > > The documentation states that some timezone names are recognized. As far > as > I understand others aren't. > > This seems to be true: > $psql postgres -c "set TIMEZONE='bug' ; show timezone;" > ERROR: invalid value for parameter "TimeZone": "bug" > $ echo $? > 1 > > However adding a correct numerical offset leads Postgresql to accept a > non-existing timezone name: > $ psql postgres -c "set TIMEZONE='bug-1' ; show timezone;" > $ echo $? > 0 > That would be the Appendix B material the documentation is referencing. David J. >
