"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