Re: Server crash with older tzload library

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Jeevan Chalke <jeevan.chalke@enterprisedb.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-03-11T19:10:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Jeevan Chalke <jeevan.chalke@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> The upstream zoneinfo project just released a new tzcode version, 2010c.
>> After syncing the code to this version does not lead to server crash. The
>> new release is now initializing the tzstate variable with zeros to avoid any
>> garbage values.
>
>> PFA, patch which will bring us up-to date to 2010c.
>
> I've applied the update to 2010c since that apparently fixes some
> misbehaviors in obscure time zones (where is America/Godthab???).

Greenland, apparently.

http://www.travelmath.com/time-zone/America/Godthab

...Robert