From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200101131646.LAA12663@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Patch for JDBC timestamp problems
In-Reply-To: <3A608298.6ACA84BD@alumni.caltech.edu> "from Thomas Lockhart at
	Jan 13, 2001 04:30:16 pm"
To: lockhart@fourpalms.org
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 11:46:41 -0500 (EST)
CC: Barry Lind <barry@xythos.com>, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org,
	pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org, mcannon@internet.com
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> > Oh, great, I see this patch fixes Mike Cannon's problem too.  I will
> > apply it to the main tree now, and it will appear in 7.1.  If you have
> > any more improvements, please send them over.  Thanks.
> 
> I'm confused, as usual. How does forcing the client time zone to GMT fix
> the problem of mismatching client and server time zones? istm that you
> still have a problem if the server is not on GMT.

No idea.  When it fixed someone's problem, I was excited.

> 
> Does creating a static variable affect the threadsafe capabilities of
> the driver? If so, it shouldn't be done, but perhaps this is a feature
> of the code already?

That was a question I had too.

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