Incorrect description for "SET" abbreviation in Time Zone Appendix
Hello,
I would like to report a factual error in the PostgreSQL documentation
regarding time zone abbreviations (Appendix B).
The documentation lists:
SET | +01:00 | Seychelles Time
This is incorrect for two reasons:
The official time in the Seychelles (SCT) is UTC+04:00 (and has been since
1906).
The abbreviation "SET" in the context of UTC+01:00 historically referred to
Swedish East Time, not Seychelles Time.
This error can be found in the datetime-config-appendix of several
versions, including the current one. It would be great to update the
description to avoid confusion for users relying on these tables.
Best regards,
MEDJELLED Mohammed Elamine
Mohamed Medjelled <medjmohamed2001@gmail.com> writes:
I would like to report a factual error in the PostgreSQL documentation
regarding time zone abbreviations (Appendix B).
The documentation lists:
SET | +01:00 | Seychelles Time
As far as I can see, that has not appeared in our documentation since
version 8.1.x, which was end-of-life in 2010. Where are you reading
this?
regards, tom lane
(cc pgsql-www)
I think this points to our longstanding issue with web searches and lack of
SEO in general. A web search using multiple search engines on "postgres SCT
timezone" all point to this gem as the first hit:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.2/timezones.html
Sigh. Can we perhaps do something radical like make an docs/old/7.2
directory and point / permanent redirect all the existing stuff to
/current/ ?
(dunno, not a web person, but having 7.2 docs come up like that is bad)
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Cheers,
Greg