Andrew Gierth <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Tom> I think the "official" name of that zone is America/Los_Angeles. > Tom> But initdb might seize on the US/Pacific alias, if available, > And now you know why I have been saying for so many years that initdb > should use the official names! [ shrug... ] The installed format doesn't provide any way to distinguish which are the "official" names. They're typically all hardlinks to the same file. regards, tom lane