Commit 577fd41c authored by Thomas G. Lockhart's avatar Thomas G. Lockhart

Remove ZP4, ZP5, ZP6 from docs since the current parser won't accept

 time zones with embedded numerals (parsing to a meaninless "ZP 4"
 instead).
Support "SAT" as an Australian time zone if USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES
 is defined.
Fix units in exposition on Julian calendar (from Lazer Henry I think...)
parent 1495f567
<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.12 2000/09/29 20:21:33 petere Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.13 2000/10/20 13:57:10 thomas Exp $
Date/time details
-->
......@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ Date/time details
<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CAST</entry>
<entry>SAST</entry>
<entry>+09:30 </entry>
<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
<entry>South Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SAT</entry>
<entry>+9:30</entry>
<entry>South Australian Std Time</entry>
<entry>CAST</entry>
<entry>+09:30 </entry>
<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AWSST</entry>
......@@ -223,11 +223,6 @@ Date/time details
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>Dansk Normal Tid</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>DST</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>Dansk Standard Time (?)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>FST</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
......@@ -313,11 +308,13 @@ Date/time details
<entry>-4:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<!--
<row>
<entry>ZP4</entry>
<entry>-4:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +4 hours</entry>
</row>
-->
<row>
<entry>CDT</entry>
<entry>-5:00 </entry>
......@@ -328,11 +325,13 @@ Date/time details
<entry>-5:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<!--
<row>
<entry>ZP5</entry>
<entry>-5:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +5 hours</entry>
</row>
-->
<row>
<entry>CST</entry>
<entry>-6:00 </entry>
......@@ -343,11 +342,13 @@ Date/time details
<entry>-6:00</entry>
<entry>Mountain Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<!--
<row>
<entry>ZP6</entry>
<entry>-6:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +6 hours</entry>
</row>
-->
<row>
<entry>MST</entry>
<entry>-7:00</entry>
......@@ -416,8 +417,11 @@ Date/time details
<para>
If the compiler option USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES is set
then <literal>CST</literal> and <literal>EST</literal> will be
interpreted using Australian conventions.
then <literal>CST</literal>, <literal>EST</literal>, and
<literal>SAT</literal> will be
interpreted using Australian conventions. Without this option,
<literal>SAT</literal> is interpreted as a noise word indicating
"<literal>Saturday</literal>".
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Australian Time Zones</title>
......@@ -441,6 +445,11 @@ Date/time details
<entry>+10:00</entry>
<entry>Australian Eastern Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SAT</entry>
<entry>+9:30</entry>
<entry>South Australian Std Time</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
......@@ -652,9 +661,9 @@ Date/time details
Gregorian calendar.
In the Julian calendar, the tropical year is approximated as 365 1/4
days = 365.25 days. This gives an error of 1 day in approximately
128 days.
The accumulating calendar error prompted pope Gregory XIII
days = 365.25 days. This gives an error of about 1 day in
128 years.
The accumulating calendar error prompted Pope Gregory XIII
to reform the calendar in accordance with instructions
from the Council of Trent.
</para>
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