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To: Pg Docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: TIMEZONE names
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:49:39 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwa5HfZjpk3AgkLhVBSe2V5YnRMiZVLCoT0TEc2V9pbqqA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 12:28 PG Doc comments form <[email protected]>
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/datatype-datetime.html
> Description:
>
> The documentation states that some timezone names are recognized. As far
> as
> I understand others aren't.
>
> This seems to be true:
> $psql postgres -c "set TIMEZONE='bug' ; show timezone;"
> ERROR: invalid value for parameter "TimeZone": "bug"
> $ echo $?
> 1
>
> However adding a correct numerical offset leads Postgresql to accept a
> non-existing timezone name:
> $ psql postgres -c "set TIMEZONE='bug-1' ; show timezone;"
> $ echo $?
> 0
>
That would be the Appendix B material the documentation is referencing.
David J.
>
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