On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
>
> : On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> :
> : > I'm sorry to disapoint you, but US/Central is a perfectly valid timezone.
> : > It is only intended for those parts of the central US where Daylight
> : > Savings Time is not practiced. You will notice that there are equivalet
> : > settings for the other timezones as well.
> :
> : In tzconfig, it prompts you for your geographic area. Just about everyone
> : I can think of will select US if they are in the US. But if what you are
> : saying is correct, none of those settings are for people with Daylight
> : Savings Time. There should be an alternative list under the US section
> : that is for people with Daylight Savings Time.
>
> Sorry, but I think "US/Central" works as advertised.
>
> kepler:~ $ cat /etc/timezone
> US/Central
> kepler:~ $ date
> Tue Jun 16 09:29:29 CDT 1998
>
> I know this said "CST" when we weren't on DST. Furthermore, it
> shouldn't say "CDT" if "It is only intended for those parts of the
> central US where Daylight Savings Time is not practiced."
Don't be sorry, it means that Dale said it backwards, which makes things
much easier. Just say if you don't use DST, pick from these shortened
abreviations. I was hoping for this, which is why I qualified myself with
a "if what you are saying is correct" line.
Thanks,
Brandon
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