Benson Muite <[email protected]> writes: >> I realize that I should have used a better example after sending my >> mail. Sorry about that. >> >> I agree that using /etc/localtime would be reasonable in the case I >> sent, which does not have a date given with the --date option. However, >> I'm not sure how a case like this would be handled: >> >> $ date --rfc-9557=minutes --date='2026-01-01T12:00-07:00' >> >> Since we don't have any information about the time zone beyond the UTC >> offset in that case. > > If the UTC offset is all that is available, one should not return a time > zone. One should output an error that the IANA time zone has not been > set on that machine and so cannot be determined. If the UTC offset is > available, one could give a choice of time zones to select as the IANA > database will likely be already installed, and then ask for one to run > > $ TZ=America/Los_Angeles date --rfc-9557=minutes \ > --date='2026-01-01T12:00-7:00'
Hi Benson, I added [email protected] back to CC so others can see your proposal and comment. Collin
