<div dir="ltr">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.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tzafrir@cohens.org.il">tzafrir@cohens.org.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 07:17:27PM +0300, Ohad Lutzky wrote:<br>
> Hello folks,<br>
><br>
> I've recently been dealing with an odd timezone issue at work, which has to<br>
> do with daylight savings time. I've published a blog post about it, and I'd<br>
> very much appreciate any input you might have.<br>
> <a href="http://blog.lutzky.net/2009/04/18/timezones-are-fickle/" target="_blank">http://blog.lutzky.net/2009/04/18/timezones-are-fickle/</a><br>
> Many thanks!<br>
<br>
</div>"Pure" timezones with no DST mess?<br>
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TZ=GMT-3 date<br>
TZ=GMT-2 date<br>
<br>
Sure, there are many ways you can shoot yourself in the foot.<br>
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