tz minor patch: US/Eastern -> America/New_York
Paul Eggert
eggert at twinsun.com
Mon Oct 30 01:54:04 UTC 1995
Some tz comments refer to US/Eastern, but it is present only if the
`backward' file is used. Here is a proposed patch.
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RCS file: RCS/Theory,v
retrieving revision 1995.3
retrieving revision 1995.3.1.1
diff -c -r1995.3 -r1995.3.1.1
*** Theory 1993/11/22 20:23:18 1995.3
--- Theory 1995/10/30 01:50:47 1995.3.1.1
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*** 47,53 ****
abbreviations are used.
It was recognized that allowing the "TZ" environment variable to
! take on values such as "US/Eastern" might cause "old" programs
(that expect "TZ" to have a certain form) to operate incorrectly;
consideration was given to using some other environment variable
(for example, "TIMEZONE") to hold the string used to generate the
--- 47,53 ----
abbreviations are used.
It was recognized that allowing the "TZ" environment variable to
! take on values such as "America/New_York" might cause "old" programs
(that expect "TZ" to have a certain form) to operate incorrectly;
consideration was given to using some other environment variable
(for example, "TIMEZONE") to hold the string used to generate the
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RCS file: RCS/date.c,v
retrieving revision 1995.3.1.1
retrieving revision 1995.3.1.2
diff -c -r1995.3.1.1 -r1995.3.1.2
*** date.c 1995/10/30 00:43:48 1995.3.1.1
--- date.c 1995/10/30 01:50:47 1995.3.1.2
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*** 207,215 ****
if ((cp = strchr(value, '.')) != NULL) {
/*
** Ensure that the failure of
! ** TZ=US/Eastern date 8712312359.60
** doesn't get misdiagnosed. (It was
! ** TZ=US/Eastern date 8712311859.60
** when the leap second was inserted.)
** The normal check won't work since
** the given time is valid in GMT.
--- 207,215 ----
if ((cp = strchr(value, '.')) != NULL) {
/*
** Ensure that the failure of
! ** TZ=America/New_York date 8712312359.60
** doesn't get misdiagnosed. (It was
! ** TZ=America/New_York date 8712311859.60
** when the leap second was inserted.)
** The normal check won't work since
** the given time is valid in GMT.
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RCS file: RCS/zic.8,v
retrieving revision 1995.3
retrieving revision 1995.3.1.1
diff -c -r1995.3 -r1995.3.1.1
*** zic.8 1995/03/11 17:55:51 1995.3
--- zic.8 1995/10/30 01:50:47 1995.3.1.1
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*** 324,336 ****
.nf
.ti +.5i
.if t .ta \w'Link\0\0'u +\w'LINK-FROM\0\0'u
! .if n .ta \w'Link\0\0'u +\w'US/Eastern\0\0'u
Link LINK-FROM LINK-TO
.sp
For example:
.sp
.ti +.5i
! Link US/Eastern EST5EDT
.sp
.fi
The
--- 324,336 ----
.nf
.ti +.5i
.if t .ta \w'Link\0\0'u +\w'LINK-FROM\0\0'u
! .if n .ta \w'Link\0\0'u +\w'America/New_York\0\0'u
Link LINK-FROM LINK-TO
.sp
For example:
.sp
.ti +.5i
! Link America/New_York US/Eastern
.sp
.fi
The
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