On 02/06/2013 01:47 PM, Igor Neyman wrote: > >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx > > Sometimes, but not always. I guess you could ship a script that sets the timezone when the server is installed. > > Going back to the reason for this change in Release Notes: > > "This avoids expensive time zone probes during server start." > > How expensive? How often Postgres is restarted? > We aren't restarting Postgres for months. Doesn't seem to be very valid reason, at least not for us :) Here is the -hackers message that relates; http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/E1R296v-00014A-D2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Igor Neyman > > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general