Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Does this not seem a problem to you?
>
> No. 8.2 is case-insensitive on timezone names, but prior releases were not.
> I believe the difference you're seeing in 8.1 is that 'PST8PDT' binds to
> the zic database entry by that name, while 'pst8pdt' falls back on the
> POSIX-default rules, which are presumably still the old DST law.
Well in my test case, I explicitly note that PST8PDT != 'PST8PDT' .
That is my actual concern. Before DST it wasn't an issue, now it is. Is
that PostgreSQL's problem? Probably not, but it certainly seems
inconsistent.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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