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Re: tzset and TZ

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:09:44 -0800
Subject: Re: tzset and TZ
References: <20170a030911200544t5532104ajdacb3da1cd0751fe@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/20/2009 05:44 AM, Sorin Manolache wrote:

I am aware that such a modification would break the applications that
set TZ=America/New_York (without the colon) but it is their fault,
because they do not obey the syntax of TZ.

Nonsense, TZ=America/New_York is a perfectly valid way to use TZ. And the : prefix allows people to extend their rules. : can appear in file names and people can install appropriate files. There will be no change.

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References:
- tzset and TZ
  - From: Sorin Manolache

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