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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: conf/24385: Generic timezone entries wrong
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The following reply was made to PR conf/24385; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To: semenu@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: conf/24385: Generic timezone entries wrong
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:10:47 -0500 (EST)

 <<On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:51:29 +0600 (GMT+6), semenu@FreeBSD.ORG said:
 
 > 	Try to use any of GMT+N or GMT-N timezones, and see your
 > 	time shifts right in another way of what you supposed.
 
 These zones are included for compatibility with ancient UNIX systems.
 You are more likely to convince the TZ database developers to drop
 them altogether than you are to get them to change the definitions.
 In any case, FreeBSD will follow the practice of the TZ database.
 
 -GAWollman
 
 


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