>Since we do have control over the timezone library now, one possible >answer is to extend the src/timezone API so that it's possible to >convert/format against more than a single timezone. We could then >remember the zone setting inherited from the postmaster and always use >that when formatting timestamps for the log, while not changing the >behavior for operations at the SQL level.
Time permitting, I was planning to address this in 8.1. (well, 7.6 then, but I guess it's 8.1 now). Not specificalyl the issue, but the groundwork API change to make it possible. >However, this is probably a bit more work than is reasonable to >undertake right now, when we're already overdue for beta. Definitly. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match