> "Tom" == Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tom> The weird thing about this allegedly-POSIX notation is the combination
Tom> of a symbolic name and a further offset from it.
AIUI, it is not a further offset but rather (mostly-)redundant data
specifying the exact offset from UTC¹ the text
Hi,
"Sander Steffann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
What the datetime.c code is doing is trying to find the zoneabbrev
in a built-in timezone table, and then adding the two together.
This is simply wacko.
I think that if anyone has ever tried to use this notation they would
have
noticed this
"Sander Steffann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> What the datetime.c code is doing is trying to find the zoneabbrev
>> in a built-in timezone table, and then adding the two together.
>> This is simply wacko.
> I think that if anyone has ever tried to use this notation they would have
> noticed th
Hi,
The POSIX timezone notation as understood by the zic code includes
the possibility of
zoneabbrev[+-]hh[:mm[:ss]]
but the meaning is that hh:mm:ss *is* the offset from GMT, and
zoneabbrev is being defined as the abbreviation for that offset.
What the datetime.c code is doing is trying to fi
I wrote:
> ... I'm not entirely convinced that it really is a POSIX-sanctioned
> notation, either --- the POSIX syntax the zic code knows about is
> different.
Actually, I take that back: it is a subset of the same notation, but
the datetime.c code is misinterpreting the spec!
The POSIX timezone
"Brandon Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What about time zones like Tehran (GMT+3:30), Kabul (GMT+4:30), Katmandu
> (GMT+5:45) and other non-cardinal-hour GMT offsets? Is this handled in
> some *documented* way already?
Sure. This has worked since PG 7.2 or so:
regression=# select '12:34:0
What about time zones like Tehran (GMT+3:30), Kabul (GMT+4:30), Katmandu
(GMT+5:45) and other non-cardinal-hour GMT offsets? Is this handled in
some *documented* way already?
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Brandon Aiken
CS/IT Systems Engineer
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