On 25-7-2011 12:09, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > Pretty much the same for PostgreSQL. I went through all this a few > months ago, and while I didn't explore data entry I found that for data > output I had to apply corrections myself although I could get properties > of the current timezone from an internal table. > > In all cases the fundamental question is whether the OS has been > installed with correct notification of where it's operating, and whether > is has any mechanism to track what's going on if it's moved around. > Correct. Would you happen to have some cross platform code readily available that spits out either: 1. Offset from UTC for a certain (historical or future) date/time 2. Timezone abbreviation suitable for inclusion in my XML export (don't know yet what formats Access/ADO.Net/Excel/whatever needs)
... never hurts to ask, does it ;) Thanks, Reinier _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal