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Re: [PING^3] RFC [PATCH] BZ#1077902: New API gettimezone
- From: P J P <pj dot pandit at yahoo dot co dot in>
- To: "libc-alpha at sourceware dot org" <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 17:59:26 +0800 (SGT)
- Subject: Re: [PING^3] RFC [PATCH] BZ#1077902: New API gettimezone
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- Reply-to: P J P <pj dot pandit at yahoo dot co dot in>
> On Wednesday, 28 May 2014 8:05 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> "best fit" is application-dependent. glibc is not in a position to
> decide what the best fit is for a particular application.
Application dependent?
> Plus, "best fit" is a weird thing to ask for. Why would an
> application want an approximation to the TZ setting? Why wouldn't it want the real
> > thing?
Because application(s) can not access the tzdata files and have to depend on the value provided by 'TZ' variable. And 'TZ' variable can not accommodate entire contents of the tzdata file.
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