Re: [ADMIN] Messed up time zones

2012-08-03 Thread JC de Villa
27;t: select now() at time zone 'Australia/ATC' supposed to be: select now() at time zone 'Australia/ACT' And looking at the pg_timezone_names table for EST, there's only one entry for EST: SELECT * from pg_timezone_names where name = 'EST'; name | abbrev | utc_offset | is_dst --+++ EST | EST| -05:00:00 | f -- JC de Villa

Re: [ADMIN] Messed up time zones

2012-08-03 Thread JC de Villa
> > > Well, per the docs at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-datetime.html, in parens under timezone: "Technically, PostgreSQL uses UT1because leap seconds are not handled." Although there is a footnote on that page that states that: "60 if leap seconds are implemented by the operating system". -- JC de Villa