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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Nem Tudom <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Issues with EPOCH-s, TIMESTAMP(TZ)-s and leap seconds.
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:47:04 -0800
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On 1/27/25 13:23, Nem Tudom wrote:

Reply to list also.
Ccing list.

See post from Peter Holzer .

> 
> 
> Hi Adrian, all,
> 
> 
>>> Any help, advice, recommendations, URL-s, references &c. appreciated.
> 
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-datetime.html
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/view-pg-timezone-names.html
> 
>> " (Technically, PostgreSQL does not use UTC because leap seconds are 
>> not handled.)"
> 
> Well, that was sweet and to the point! :-) Thanks for your input!
> 
> Does this cause any issues interfacing with other systems?
> 
> Hmmm... it appears not:
> 
> https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/105514/leap-second-in-database-system-postgresql-and-sql-ser...
> 
> and
> 
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31136211/how-to-handle-leap-seconds-in-oracle
> 
> So, it would appear that neither Oracle nor Microsoft (RDBMS or OS/SQL 
> Server) worry too much about this, so it would appear that I shouldn't 
> either.
> 
> However, I think this means that there's 27 seconds of my life that I 
> never knew I had...
> 
> Thanks again, saves me some work, and rgs,
> 
> 
> E...
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Adrian Klaver
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