Re: AW: AW: [HACKERS] Re: tinterval - operator problems on AIX

[Tom Lane]

Zeugswetter Andreas SB  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, the annoyance is, that localtime works for dates before 1970
> but mktime doesn't. Best would probably be to assume no DST before
> 1970 on AIX and IRIX.

That seems like a reasonable answer to me, especially since we have
other platforms that behave that way.  How can we do this --- just
test for isdst = -1 after the call, and assume that means failure?

                        regards, tom lane