public inbox for [email protected]  

help / color / mirror / Atom feed

Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix
3+ messages / 3 participants
[nested] [flat]

* Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix
@ 2026-02-08 07:50 Mohamed Medjelled <[email protected]>
  2026-02-08 18:10 ` Re: Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix Tom Lane <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread

From: Mohamed Medjelled @ 2026-02-08 07:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: [email protected]

Hello,

I would like to report a factual error in the PostgreSQL documentation
regarding time zone abbreviations (Appendix B).

The documentation lists:

SET | +01:00 | Seychelles Time

This is incorrect for two reasons:

The official time in the Seychelles (SCT) is UTC+04:00 (and has been since
1906).

The abbreviation "SET" in the context of UTC+01:00 historically referred to
Swedish East Time, not Seychelles Time.

This error can be found in the datetime-config-appendix of several
versions, including the current one. It would be great to update the
description to avoid confusion for users relying on these tables.

Best regards,

MEDJELLED Mohammed Elamine


^ permalink  raw  reply  [nested|flat] 3+ messages in thread

* Re: Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix
  2026-02-08 07:50 Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix Mohamed Medjelled <[email protected]>
@ 2026-02-08 18:10 ` Tom Lane <[email protected]>
  2026-02-09 18:34   ` Re: Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2026-02-08 18:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mohamed Medjelled <[email protected]>; +Cc: [email protected]

Mohamed Medjelled <[email protected]> writes:
> I would like to report a factual error in the PostgreSQL documentation
> regarding time zone abbreviations (Appendix B).

> The documentation lists:
> SET | +01:00 | Seychelles Time

As far as I can see, that has not appeared in our documentation since
version 8.1.x, which was end-of-life in 2010.  Where are you reading
this?

			regards, tom lane






^ permalink  raw  reply  [nested|flat] 3+ messages in thread

* Re: Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix
  2026-02-08 07:50 Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix Mohamed Medjelled <[email protected]>
  2026-02-08 18:10 ` Re: Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix Tom Lane <[email protected]>
@ 2026-02-09 18:34   ` Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Greg Sabino Mullane @ 2026-02-09 18:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; +Cc: Mohamed Medjelled <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]

(cc pgsql-www)

I think this points to our longstanding issue with web searches and lack of
SEO in general. A web search using multiple search engines on "postgres SCT
timezone" all point to this gem as the first hit:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.2/timezones.html

Sigh. Can we perhaps do something radical like make an docs/old/7.2
directory and point / permanent redirect all the existing stuff to
/current/ ?
(dunno, not a web person, but having 7.2 docs come up like that is bad)

-- 
Cheers,
Greg


^ permalink  raw  reply  [nested|flat] 3+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2026-02-09 18:34 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2026-02-08 07:50 Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix Mohamed Medjelled <[email protected]>
2026-02-08 18:10 ` Tom Lane <[email protected]>
2026-02-09 18:34   ` Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>

This inbox is served by agora; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox