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Mention DST boundaries as a possible cause of regress test failure.

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`@@ -313,6 +313,15 @@ The runtime path is /usr/local/pgsql (other paths are possible).`
`313`	`313`	`environment variable PGTZ to PST8PDT to ensure proper results.`
`314`	`314`	`</Para>`
`315`	`315`
	`316`	`+ <Para>`
	`317`	`+ Some of the queries in the "timestamp" test will fail if you run`
	`318`	`+ the test on the day of a daylight-savings time changeover, or the`
	`319`	`+ day before or after one. These queries assume that the intervals`
	`320`	`+ between midnight yesterday, midnight today and midnight tomorrow are`
	`321`	`+ exactly twenty-four hours ... which is wrong if daylight-savings time`
	`322`	`+ went into or out of effect meanwhile.`
	`323`	`+ </Para>`
	`324`	`+`
`316`	`325`	`<Para>`
`317`	`326`	`There appear to be some systems which do not accept the recommended syntax`
`318`	`327`	`for explicitly setting the local time zone rules; you may need to use`

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