| From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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| To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] timezone problem? |
| Date: | 2000-01-21 16:23:40 |
| Message-ID: | XFMail.000121112340.vev@michvhf.com |
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On 21-Jan-00 Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> In /usr/share/zoneinfo/US, the mysteries of the various states'
> conventions are revealed:
>
> [root(at)golem zoneinfo]# ls -1 US
> Alaska
> Aleutian
> Arizona
> Central
> East-Indiana
> Eastern
> Hawaii
> Indiana-Starke
> Michigan
> Mountain
> Pacific
> Samoa
>
> where, as Vince pointed out, Indiana, Michigan, and Arizona seem to be
> special cases within the usual three timezones.
Michigan isn't a special case. We're EST5EDT, I never did figure out why
we're listed in there. Perhaps we were among the first to fully implement
DST? I know I remember we were doing it in a test case long before it went
on the ballot in the state (which was controversial in itself).
Vince.
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