The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 16118
Logged by: dan ducey
Email address: ars.na6mg@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 12.1
Operating system: FreeBSD 12.1
Description:
$ pg_ctl -D data12 start
waiting for server to start....2019-11-15 19:02:46.630 GMT [77092] LOG:
invalid value for parameter "log_timezone": "US/Pacific"
2019-11-15 19:02:46.630 GMT [77092] LOG: invalid value for parameter
"TimeZone": "US/Pacific"
2019-11-15 19:02:46.630 GMT [77092] FATAL: configuration file
"/var/db/postgres/data12/postgresql.conf" contains errors
stopped waiting
pg_ctl: could not start server
Examine the log output.
Edited postgresql.conf and commented-out: log_timezone = 'US/Pacific' and
timezone = 'US/Pacific' to enable successful startup. The postgresql.conf
file worked with postgresql-server-12.0