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Re: Aussie timezone database changes incoming

Jim Nasby <jim.nasby@bluetreble.com>

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From: Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>, Andrew McNamara <andrewm@object-craft.com.au>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2014-10-04T20:01:45Z
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On 10/4/14, 2:58 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> I've committed changes for this in advance of the upcoming 9.4beta3
>> >release.  Hopefully, if this is seriously bad for anyone, we'll hear
>> >about it from beta testers before it gets into any official back-branch
>> >releases.
> The changes for the Russian Federation timezones taking effect October
> 26 reinforces our need to get a new set of minor releases out soon.  In
> fact, those storing future dates might already need those updates.
This is why I wish we had a data type that stored the timezone that was originally in effect. :/

Commits

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