On Thu, Dec 5, 2013, at 09:40 AM, Zefram wrote: > Alfie John wrote: > >I guess it's a tautology seeing as that's what's defined in the etcetera > >file, but was I wrong in assuming that UTC+11 meant Etc/GMT+11? > > Yes. Etc/GMT+11 is UT-11h, and Etc/GMT-11 is UT+11h. You can also see > this by looking in the Olson etcetera file: > > # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] > Zone Etc/GMT-11 11 - GMT-11 > Zone Etc/GMT+11 -11 - GMT+11 > > Such zic input, specifically the GMTOFF column, uses the usual sign > convention; you can see here that the zone names use the opposite > convention.
Cool, thanks for the clarification. I'd hate to think of how much software out there assumes the same as I did. Alfie -- Alfie John [email protected]
