From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:38:00 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add mention that UTC really means UT1.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_1_0~23
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=082befb5162920d64ef4c1e905489a625dff2d5a;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

Add mention that UTC really means UT1.

Backpatch to 9.1.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 7d5a9efa11c..32a51dbd8c6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -8225,7 +8225,9 @@
    The view <structname>pg_timezone_names</structname> provides a list
    of time zone names that are recognized by <command>SET TIMEZONE</>,
    along with their associated abbreviations, UTC offsets,
-   and daylight-savings status.
+   and daylight-savings status.  (Technically,
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses <acronym>UT1</> rather
+   than UTC because leap seconds are not handled.)
    Unlike the abbreviations shown in <link
    linkend="view-pg-timezone-abbrevs"><structname>pg_timezone_abbrevs</structname></link>, many of these names imply a set of daylight-savings transition
    date rules.  Therefore, the associated information changes across local DST
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 95da31c8d2e..43c0ee01220 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -6898,7 +6898,9 @@ SELECT EXTRACT(SECOND FROM TIME '17:12:28.5');
        <para>
         The time zone offset from UTC, measured in seconds.  Positive values
         correspond to time zones east of UTC, negative values to
-        zones west of UTC.
+        zones west of UTC.  (Technically,
+        <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses <acronym>UT1</> because
+        leap seconds are not handled.)
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>