[Haifux] Fun with timezones in Linux

[Ohad Lutzky]

Note that using TZ=GMT-3 has several disadvantages for me: timezone is set
incorrectly (to -10800), is_dst is not set, and the timezone abbreviation
shows up as GMT. I can get a better result with my one-liner zic source.
This has the added bonus that applications will read it on a call to tzset,
without my having to change their environment variables.

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at cohens.org.il>wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 07:17:27PM +0300, Ohad Lutzky wrote:
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > I've recently been dealing with an odd timezone issue at work, which has
> to
> > do with daylight savings time. I've published a blog post about it, and
> I'd
> > very much appreciate any input you might have.
> > http://blog.lutzky.net/2009/04/18/timezones-are-fickle/
> > Many thanks!
>
> "Pure" timezones with no DST mess?
>
> TZ=GMT-3 date
> TZ=GMT-2 date
>
> Sure, there are many ways you can shoot yourself in the foot.
>
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Ohad Lutzky
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