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Re: What's special about 1916-10-01 02:25:20? Odd jump in internal timestamptz representation

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"Magnus Hagander" <mha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> Does it have to be a specific city? I'd rather it just chose GMT.
>> 
>> The fact that there is an entry for "GMT Daylight Time" means that
>> Windows' idea of this time zone is not pure GMT.  Or is the
>> translation table entry a complete work of fiction?

> No, it's a work of a simplistic perlscript IIRC. It simply looked for
> the first match it could find, based on the list found in the registry
> (the whole concept is a bit of an ugly hack, but it's the best we could
> come up with). If there is a more fitting timezone for it, it should be
> changed.

I guess the question is whether, when Windows is using this setting,
it tracks British summer time rules or not.  Would someone check?

			regards, tom lane


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