Add mention that UTC really means UT1.

Backpatch to 9.1.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 6d5dad369d7a5ffbfa26fea3f0c3df64b631e101..d6baf84248efd8c1f8495013132abf52d932e75d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -8341,7 +8341,9 @@
    The view pg_timezone_names provides a list
    of time zone names that are recognized by SET TIMEZONE,
    along with their associated abbreviations, UTC offsets,
-   and daylight-savings status.
+   and daylight-savings status.  (Technically,
+   PostgreSQL uses UT1 rather
+   than UTC because leap seconds are not handled.)
    Unlike the abbreviations shown in 
    linkend="view-pg-timezone-abbrevs">pg_timezone_abbrevs, 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 4c3e232838cc0ea0b52befe17ae797417936e1b3..c03dd6c8a3e76316413653669dfaf516a35a02d3 100644 (file)

--- 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');
        
         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,
+        PostgreSQL uses UT1 because
+        leap seconds are not handled.)
        
       
      

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 4c3e232838cc0ea0b52befe17ae797417936e1b3..c03dd6c8a3e76316413653669dfaf516a35a02d3 100644 (file)
--- 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');
        
         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,
+        PostgreSQL uses UT1 because
+        leap seconds are not handled.)