[tz] What is the "Factory" Zone used for?

Garrett Wollman wollman at csail.mit.edu
Thu Aug 10 19:22:14 UTC 2023


<<On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:19:15 -0700, Justin Grant via tz <tz at iana.org> said:

> There's a Zone called "Factory". What is its purpose, and how is it used?

It is intended for use as a factory default, to clearly indicate an
unconfigured system rather than one that is intentionally configured
to run on UTC.

-GAWollman



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