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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
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Subject: Re: 002_types.pl fails on some timezones on windows
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> It turns out to be dependant on the current timezone. I have just about zero
> understanding how timezones work on windows, so I can't really interpret why
> that causes a problem on windows, but apparently not on linux.

Weird.  Unless you're using --with-system-tzdata, I wouldn't expect that
code to work any differently on Windows.

			regards, tom lane