[tz] [PATCH 1/1] Add UTC to zone tables

Ian Abbott abbotti at mev.co.uk
Thu Mar 10 10:37:49 UTC 2016


On 09/03/16 22:51, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 03/09/2016 02:11 PM, J William Piggott wrote:
>> +Link    Etc/UTC                Europe/UTC
>
> At first glance this looks like it would cause more confusion than it'd
> cure. UTC is supposed to be universal, not local to Europe or to the
> United Kingdom. Plus, GMT is not the same as UTC.

As a Brit, I must admit I was confused by this patch!

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