23
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 timezone 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
50
51 Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal
52 Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu
53
54 Link Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich
55 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0
56 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0
57 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0
58
59 # Be consistent with POSIX TZ settings in the Zone names,
60 # even though this is the opposite of what many people expect.
61 # POSIX has positive signs west of Greenwich, but many people expect
62 # positive signs east of Greenwich. For example, TZ='Etc/GMT+4' uses
63 # the abbreviation "-04" and corresponds to 4 hours behind UT
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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 timezone 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
44 # The following link uses older naming conventions,
45 # but it belongs here, not in the file 'backward',
46 # as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly.
47 # We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names.
48 Link Etc/GMT GMT
49
50 Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal
51 Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu
52
53 Link Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich
54 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0
55 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0
56 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0
57
58 # Be consistent with POSIX TZ settings in the Zone names,
59 # even though this is the opposite of what many people expect.
60 # POSIX has positive signs west of Greenwich, but many people expect
61 # positive signs east of Greenwich. For example, TZ='Etc/GMT+4' uses
62 # the abbreviation "-04" and corresponds to 4 hours behind UT
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