RE: MySQL Daylight Savings Time Patch

[Paul DuBois]

At 5:08 PM -0500 2/20/07, Sun, Jennifer wrote:
>Thanks. Below is the notes from the version 5 manual, does that mean
>after I patch my OS, I may need to reload the timezone tables ? How I
>can determine that I have to reload the timezone tables, not might need?
>Or will it hurt anything if I just reload the tables anyway? Thanks.

Just go ahead and reload them.  If you look at the output of
mysql_tzinfo_to_sql, you'll notice that the first thing is
does is TRUNCATE TABLE for the time zone tables, so that they
start out in a pristine state before the new information gets
loaded into them.


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>Loading the time zone information is not necessarily a one-time
>operation because the information changes occasionally. For example, the
>rules for Daylight Saving Time in the United States, Mexico, and parts
>of Canada changed in 2007. When such changes occur, applications that
>use the old rules become out of date and you may find it necessary to
>reload the time zone tables to keep the information used by your MySQL
>server current. See the notes at the end of this section.


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Paul DuBois, MySQL Documentation Team
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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