tzset and TZ

[Ulrich Drepper]

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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