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Fix some references to USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES that Bruce missed;
plus a few trivial improvements in wording.
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‎doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.55 2001/05/22 16:37:15 petere Exp $
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.56 2001/06/18 19:05:11 tgl Exp $
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<chapter id="datatype">
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</listitem>
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<para>
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The PGTZ environment variable set at the client used by libpq
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to send time zone information to the backend upon connection.
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The PGTZ environment variable, if set at the client, is used by libpq
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to send a <command>SET TIME ZONE</command> command to the backend upon
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connection.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<note>
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<para>
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If the compiler option USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES is set
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then <literal>EST</literal> refers to Australia Eastern Standard Time,
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which has an offset of +10:00 hours from UTC.
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If the runtime option <literal>AUSTRALIAN_TIMEZONES</literal> is set
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then <literal>CST</literal> and <literal>EST</literal> refer to
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Australian timezones, not American ones.
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</para>
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</note>
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‎doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.18 2001/05/12 22:51:34 petere Exp $
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.19 2001/06/18 19:05:11 tgl Exp $
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Date/time details
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information for time zone decoding, since there is no *nix standard
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system interface to provide access to general, cross-timezone
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information. The underlying OS <emphasis>is</emphasis> used to
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provide time zone information for <emphasis>output</emphasis>.
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provide time zone information for <emphasis>output</emphasis>, however.
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<table tocentry="1">
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<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Recognized Time Zones</title>
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<row>
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<entry>NZST</entry>
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<entry>+12:00</entry>
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<entry>New Zealand Std Time</entry>
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<entry>New Zealand Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>NZT</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>AESST</entry>
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<entry>+11:00 </entry>
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<entry>Australia Eastern Summer Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Australia Eastern Summer Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>ACSST</entry>
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<entry>+10:30 </entry>
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<entry>Central Australia Summer Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Central Australia Summer Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>CADT</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>AEST</entry>
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<entry>+10:00 </entry>
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<entry>Australia Eastern Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Australia Eastern Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>EAST</entry>
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<entry>+10:00 </entry>
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<entry>East Australian Std Time</entry>
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<entry>East Australian Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>GST</entry>
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<entry>+10:00</entry>
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<entry>Guam Std Time, USSR Zone 9</entry>
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<entry>Guam Standard Time, USSR Zone 9</entry>
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</row>
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<entry>LIGT</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>ACST</entry>
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<entry>+09:30 </entry>
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<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Central Australia Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>SAST</entry>
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<entry>+09:30 </entry>
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<entry>South Australia Std Time</entry>
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<entry>South Australia Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>CAST</entry>
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<entry>+09:30 </entry>
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<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Central Australia Standard Time</entry>
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<entry>AWSST</entry>
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<entry>+9:00 </entry>
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<entry>Australia Western Summer Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Australia Western Summer Standard Time</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>JST</entry>
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<entry>+9:00</entry>
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<entry>Japan Std Time,USSR Zone 8</entry>
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<entry>Japan Standard Time,USSR Zone 8</entry>
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<entry>KST</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>AWST</entry>
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<entry>+8:00 </entry>
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<entry>Australia Western Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Australia Western Standard Time</entry>
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<entry>CCT</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>WST</entry>
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<entry>West Australian Std Time</entry>
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<entry>West Australian Standard Time</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>JT</entry>
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<entry>West Australian Std Time</entry>
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<entry>West Australian Standard Time</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>IST</entry>
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<entry>+2:00</entry>
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<entry>Israel Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Israel Standard Time</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>AST</entry>
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<entry>-4:00 </entry>
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<entry>Atlantic Std Time (Canada)</entry>
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<entry>Atlantic Standard Time (Canada)</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>CST</entry>
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<entry>-6:00 </entry>
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<entry>Central Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Central Standard Time</entry>
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<entry>MDT</entry>
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<row>
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<entry>PST</entry>
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<entry>-8:00</entry>
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<entry>Pacific Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Pacific Standard Time</entry>
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<entry>Alaska-Hawaii Std Time</entry>
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<entry>Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time</entry>
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If the compiler option USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES is set
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then <literal>CST</literal>, <literal>EST</literal>, and
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interpreted using Australian conventions. Without this option,
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<literal>SAT</literal> is interpreted as a noise word indicating
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"<literal>Saturday</literal>".
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interpreted as Australian timezone names. Without this option,
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<literal>CST</literal> and <literal>EST</literal> are taken as
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American timezone names, while <literal>SAT</literal> is interpreted as a
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<entry>South Australian Standard Time</entry>
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