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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2016-06-28 13:49:37 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2016-06-28 13:49:37 -0400 |
| commit | 675684fc23fd4287966694b1f108846bc14b6895 (patch) | |
| tree | 7677967d51afc334ed7e41e047976829ed0e66db | |
| parent | c12f02ffc94faac09eae254b3bf114c153f116f6 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-675684fc23fd4287966694b1f108846bc14b6895.tar.gz postgresql-675684fc23fd4287966694b1f108846bc14b6895.zip | |
doc: remove mention of UT1 in representing time
UT1 was incorrectly specified as our time representation. (UT1 is
astronomical time.) We are not actually UTC either because we ignore
leap seconds.
Reported-by: Thomas Munro
Discussion: CAEepm=3-TW9PLwGZhqjSSiEQ9UzJEKE-HELQDzRE0QUSCp8dgw@mail.gmail.com
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 2 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index 18e5faef574..0689cc97205 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -9804,8 +9804,8 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx of time zone names that are recognized by <command>SET TIMEZONE</>, along with their associated abbreviations, UTC offsets, and daylight-savings status. (Technically, - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses <acronym>UT1</> rather - than UTC because leap seconds are not handled.) + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> does not use UTC because leap + seconds are not handled.) Unlike the abbreviations shown in <link linkend="view-pg-timezone-abbrevs"><structname>pg_timezone_abbrevs</structname></link>, many of these names imply a set of daylight-savings transition date rules. Therefore, the associated information changes across local DST diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 98b3995f225..052b8f5ba05 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -7578,7 +7578,7 @@ SELECT EXTRACT(SECOND FROM TIME '17:12:28.5'); The time zone offset from UTC, measured in seconds. Positive values correspond to time zones east of UTC, negative values to zones west of UTC. (Technically, - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses <acronym>UT1</> because + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> does not use UTC because leap seconds are not handled.) </para> </listitem> |