Standard for timezone handling with TZ
Arthur David Olson
ado
Tue Feb 22 15:13:35 UTC 1994
Attached is my current best effort at dealing with "GMT" files in the time
zone package. I'd very much welcome any feedback.
--ado
# @(#)etcetera 7.2
# All of these are set up just so people can "zic -l" to a timezone
# that's right for their area, even if it doesn't have a name or DST rules
# (half hour zones are too much to bother with -- when someone asks!)
Zone GMT 0 - GMT
Link GMT UTC
Link GMT UCT
Link GMT Universal
Link GMT Greenwich
Link GMT Zulu
Link GMT GMT-0
Link GMT GMT+0
Link GMT GMT0
# We use POSIX-style signedness in the names and output,
# internal-style signedness in the specifications.
# These are shoved down into an "Etc" directory so we get a name change--
# in earlier incarnations, we had lines such as
# Zone GMT-12 -12 - GMT-1200
# and do not want things to change quietly if someone accustomed to the old
# way does a
# zic -l GMT-12
Zone Etc/GMT-12 12 - GMT-12
Zone Etc/GMT-11 11 - GMT-11
Zone Etc/GMT-10 10 - GMT-10
Zone Etc/GMT-9 9 - GMT-9
Zone Etc/GMT-8 8 - GMT-8
Zone Etc/GMT-7 7 - GMT-7
Zone Etc/GMT-6 6 - GMT-6
Zone Etc/GMT-5 5 - GMT-5
Zone Etc/GMT-4 4 - GMT-4
Zone Etc/GMT-3 3 - GMT-3
Zone Etc/GMT-2 2 - GMT-2
Zone Etc/GMT-1 1 - GMT-1
Zone Etc/GMT+1 -1 - GMT+1
Zone Etc/GMT+2 -2 - GMT+2
Zone Etc/GMT+3 -3 - GMT+3
Zone Etc/GMT+4 -4 - GMT+4
Zone Etc/GMT+5 -5 - GMT+5
Zone Etc/GMT+6 -6 - GMT+6
Zone Etc/GMT+7 -7 - GMT+7
Zone Etc/GMT+8 -8 - GMT+8
Zone Etc/GMT+9 -9 - GMT+9
Zone Etc/GMT+10 -10 - GMT+10
Zone Etc/GMT+11 -11 - GMT+11
Zone Etc/GMT+12 -12 - GMT+12
Zone Etc/GMT+13 -13 - GMT+13 # GMT offset 12 hours with DST
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