Re: [GENERAL] Etc/% timezones

2007-08-29 Thread Tom Lane
Naz Gassiep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Good thing I'm filtering them out then, else confusion would ensue. Has > anyone brought the stupidity of this to the attention of the SQL team? Is Do you really think they're unaware of that? Actually, the bug is in the POSIX definition, which is out o

Re: [GENERAL] Etc/% timezones

2007-08-29 Thread Naz Gassiep
I'm pretty certain that this is a bug. Can anyone confirm? It is a bug -- in the SQL standard definition. The meaning of the sign is inverted w.r.t. the relevant POSIX (?) standard, AFAIU. Unsurprisingly, we're following the SQL standard here. Wow. Seriously, wow. Good thing I'm filter

Re: [GENERAL] Etc/% timezones

2007-08-29 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Naz Gassiep wrote: > I'm pretty certain that this is a bug. Can anyone confirm? It is a bug -- in the SQL standard definition. The meaning of the sign is inverted w.r.t. the relevant POSIX (?) standard, AFAIU. Unsurprisingly, we're following the SQL standard here. -- Alvaro Herrera