Eric wrote: > I am getting truly desperate! I am trying to build any version of > Postgres on Windows from source. First experience with Postgres > source. I have struggled for days trying to solve a problem. Would be > willing to pay for the solution!!! > > The following error occurred when issuing a vanilla initdb command on > my Windows system. > > FATAL: could not select a suitable default timezone > DETAIL: It appears that your GMT time zone uses leap seconds. > PostgreSQL does not support leap seconds. Try specifying a timezone in postgresql.conf. For initdb, I'd try specifying it in the TZ environment variable. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support