Timezone documentation buglet

Ineiev ineiev@gnu.org
Thu Mar 13 12:35:00 GMT 2014


On 03/13/2014 12:21 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 
> these are really meant as examples for how to set the var rather than the 
> exact timezone rules.  so we'll always be chasing our tails as governments 
> tweak the laws.  i think we should either put in a caveat near the top that 
> says "these rules might be outdated; they're meant only as illustration of 
> setting the TZ value", or make up places that don't exist at all.

The point is not that the rule is outdated; the point is that its
description is not consistent (it says that Friday is the next day after
Tuesday).



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