Re: Time Zone design issues

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On 09/10/07 19:50, Tom Lane wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>> On 09/10/07 15:21, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> I wouldn't trust the browser's TZ, and you would need a way to
>>> override it.
>
>> Why?
>
> The browser may not know the setting, or may not tell it to you,
> or you might not be able to make any sense of what it says
> (timezone names are hardly standardized).

Well that's true.  Except for numeric offsets.

> This whole sub-thread actually is predicated on an assumption not
> in evidence, which is that there is any browser anywhere that will
> tell the http server timezone information.  I'm quite sure no such
> thing is required by the http standard.

I'm really surprised.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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