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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:08:18 -0400
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Subject: Re: Feature freeze timezone change request
To: Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>,
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On 3/19/26 11:37, Jacob Champion wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I think the UTC-12 business is left over from when we defined it as
>> AoE, but we're not doing that anymore because it's too confusing.
> 
> Yeah -- I swapped it recently because I noticed it was still labeled
> AoE, and I didn't want anyone to have to rediscover last year's
> thread. It wasn't really meant to be an endorsement for UTC-12.
> 
>> What we've been using lately for release freezes is noon UTC, which
>> personally I'd prefer on the grounds that it's not as confusing
>> which day is meant.
> 
> +1 for 12:00 UTC.

+1 seems reasonable and not likely to be misunderstood

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