In 1995, Kiribati decided to move the international date line, so that all of the constituent islands lie on the same side. As a consequence, the Easternmost islands are now at GMT+1400.
(There's some controvery about whether they had the right to move the IDL, but they have the right to decide what time zone they're in. :-) http://www.google.com/search?q=1995+%22International+Date+Line%22+Kiribati Would it be painful to make Postgres accept +1400? -- ams ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match