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  24 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  25 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  26 
  27 # These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that
  28 # people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l"
  29 # to a time zone that was right for their area.  These days, the
  30 # tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, and the only practical
  31 # need now for the entries that are not on UTC are for ships at sea
  32 # that cannot use POSIX TZ settings.
  33 
  34 # Starting with POSIX 1003.1-2001, the entries below are all
  35 # unnecessary as settings for the TZ environment variable.  E.g.,
  36 # instead of TZ='Etc/GMT+4' one can use the POSIX setting TZ='<-04>+4'.
  37 #
  38 # Do not use a POSIX TZ setting like TZ='GMT+4', which is four hours
  39 # behind GMT but uses the completely misleading abbreviation "GMT".
  40 
  41 Zone    Etc/GMT         0       -       GMT
  42 Zone    Etc/UTC         0       -       UTC
  43 Zone    Etc/UCT         0       -       UCT
  44 
  45 # The following link uses older naming conventions,
  46 # but it belongs here, not in the file 'backward',
  47 # as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly.
  48 # We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names.
  49 Link    Etc/GMT                         GMT




   4 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   5 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   6 # published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
   7 # particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
   8 # by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
   9 #
  10 # This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  11 # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  12 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  13 # version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
  14 # accompanied this code).
  15 #
  16 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  17 # 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  18 # Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  19 #
  20 # Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  21 # or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  22 # questions.
  23 #
  24 # tzdb data for ships at sea and other miscellany
  25 
  26 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  27 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  28 
  29 # These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that
  30 # people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l"
  31 # to a timezone that was right for their area.  These days, the
  32 # tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, and the only practical
  33 # need now for the entries that are not on UTC are for ships at sea
  34 # that cannot use POSIX TZ settings.
  35 
  36 # Starting with POSIX 1003.1-2001, the entries below are all
  37 # unnecessary as settings for the TZ environment variable.  E.g.,
  38 # instead of TZ='Etc/GMT+4' one can use the POSIX setting TZ='<-04>+4'.
  39 #
  40 # Do not use a POSIX TZ setting like TZ='GMT+4', which is four hours
  41 # behind GMT but uses the completely misleading abbreviation "GMT".
  42 
  43 Zone    Etc/GMT         0       -       GMT
  44 Zone    Etc/UTC         0       -       UTC
  45 Zone    Etc/UCT         0       -       UCT
  46 
  47 # The following link uses older naming conventions,
  48 # but it belongs here, not in the file 'backward',
  49 # as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly.
  50 # We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names.
  51 Link    Etc/GMT                         GMT


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