Re: Australian timezone configure option
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Chris Dunlop <chris@onthe.net.au>, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-06-12T04:46:38Z
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> > Hi, > > > > Being in Australia, it's always been a minor pain building the support > > for Australian timezone rules by defining USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES to the > > compiler. Not to mention the not inconsiderable pain involved in pawing > > through the code and documentation trying to work out why the timezones > > were wrong in the first place. > > OK, this patch makes Australian_timezones a GUC option. It can be set > anytime in psql. The code uses a static variable to check if the GUC > setting has changed and adjust the C struct accordingly. I have also > added code to allow the regression tests to pass even if postgresql.conf > has australian_timezones defined. Here is a diff for the documentation. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026