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