Re: Aussie timezone database changes incoming

Gavin Flower <gavinflower@archidevsys.co.nz>

From: Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2014-09-11T19:45:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 12/09/14 01:57, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> I shouldn't be surprised that Australia gets to change. While the cynic
>> in me thinks this is the usual USA-is-the-center-of-the-universe-ism, in
>> reality it makes sense given relative population and likely impact.
> Just because it makes sense doesn't mean it isn't
> USA-is-the-center-of-the-universe-ism.
>
> ...Robert
>
>
In the same way the Americans tend to act like they are not on a planet, 
by saying something will happen in Summer - completely ignoring that for 
people who live in the Southern hemisphere, for whom that will be Winter!


Cheers,
Gavin



Commits

  1. Update time zone abbreviation lists for changes missed since 2006.