[jira] [Commented] (DRILL-621) Timezone map should be exposed as a protobuf enum

["Julian Hyde (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Julian Hyde commented on DRILL-621:
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I disagree with that approach. I think timezones should be represented as strings. The interpretation of the strings is left to a timezone library.

The strings can probably be dictionary encoded, so won't take more than a few bits in practice.

> Timezone map should be exposed as a protobuf enum
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DRILL-621
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-621
>             Project: Apache Drill
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Parth Chandra
>
> The Timezone map in DateUtility should be exposed as a protobuf enum so that the TimeStampTZ type can be decoded by an RPC client (e.g. the C++ client). This is also useful if newer timezones are created: older timezone values will not be lost and newer values will be automatically available to newer builds. 



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