> > SuSE already does this. I wonder how they've handled this issue with
> > 8.0?
> Their glibc doesn't have that problem.
My strong recollection is that a SuSE guy was the one applying the
change. So this is coming to those systems too. I may not remember that
correctly though...
> Personally, I think if you need time (zone) support before 1970, obtain
> one of the various operating systems that support it. There's little
> value in hacking around it in PostgreSQL, since the rest of your system
> will be broken as well.
Yes, I'm afraid I agree. In practice, maybe most applications won't
notice. But after getting the Linux time zone databases set up to be
better than most (Solaris has the best I've found for fidelity to
pre-1970 year-to-year conventions) throwing that work away is just plain
silly. I consider this a major gaff on the part of the commercial Linux
houses to not see this coming and to contribute to a better solution.
- Thomas