[tz] tzdb timezone names/identifiers and links

Paul Gilmartin PaulGBoulder at aim.com
Thu Feb 28 19:52:13 UTC 2019


On 2019-02-28, at 10:29:35, Martin Burnicki wrote:
> 
> For example, I've visited the Canary Islands located in the Atlantic, in
> zone UTC+0, but these islands belong to Spain which is located in the
> zone UTC+1, so my handheld selected UTC+1 automatically, and I had to
> correct it manually to UTC+0 to have the real local time.
>  
(I didn't go there.)

On my antiquated MacBook, if I display the timezone map and click on
what appears to be the correct location, it says:
    Time Zone: GMT+00:00
    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, GC - Spain

But your service provider may be based in Portugal.

-- gil




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