| From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)sun(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, mledford(at)ugaalum(dot)uga(dot)edu |
| Subject: | Re: Daylight Saving Time question PostgreSQL 8.1.4 |
| Date: | 2007-03-13 18:02:14 |
| Message-ID: | 200703131102.15210.josh@agliodbs.com |
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Zdenec,
> I have following idea:
>
> 1) add guc varibale which enable usage of OS time zone files
>
> 2) add extra parameters into ./configure script which enable OS TZ
> support in the code and get path to OS TZ files.
If we're adding it as a configure-time variable, there's no reason to have
a GUC.
> It probably will require some OS specific code for reading and
> translation TZ file format.
This would require each OS to make a committment to support their
compatibility code. Like, we would have to maintain the Solaris code, if
any was required. Ideally, no glue code would be required.
--
--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco
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