From 6b646c5ffcdf56b0a1feacd0dc8338b55b10b01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:09:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs to point to the timezone library's new home at IANA. The recent unpleasantness with copyrights has accelerated a move that was already in planning. --- src/timezone/README | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/timezone/README b/src/timezone/README index f128215ffe..d41a489abb 100644 --- a/src/timezone/README +++ b/src/timezone/README @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/timezone/README,v 1.7.2.1 2010/03/11 18:43:32 tgl Exp $ +src/timezone/README Timezone ======== -This is a PostgreSQL adapted version of the timezone library from: +This is a PostgreSQL adapted version of the timezone library from +http://www.iana.org/time-zones - ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode*.tar.gz +The source code can be found at: + + ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode*.tar.gz The code is currently synced with release 2010c. There are many cosmetic (and not so cosmetic) differences from the original tzcode library, but @@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ diffs in the upstream version should usually be propagated to our version. The data files under data/ are an exact copy of the latest data set from: - ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata*.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata*.tar.gz Since time zone rules change frequently in some parts of the world, we should endeavor to update the data files before each PostgreSQL