>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Tom> 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! Tom> [ shrug... ] The installed format doesn't provide any way to Tom> distinguish which are the "official" names. They're typically all Tom> hardlinks to the same file. zone.tab / zone1970.tab. Which I first pointed out before 8.2 came out... -- Andrew.