Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:08:25 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD current users) Subject: Re: Can anyone explain...? Message-ID: <199611251108.MAA02396@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <9611242009.AA18817@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> from Garrett Wollman at "Nov 24, 96 03:09:39 pm"
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Garrett Wollman writes: > <<On Sun, 24 Nov 1996 09:58:37 +0100 (MET), grog@lemis.de said: > >> Of course it makes sense. How many time zones are there? > > wollman@khavrinen(8)$ wc -l zone.tab > 356 zone.tab > > ...and that's not counting about ten more for changes in Chile, > Argentina, Mongolia, Canada, and Kazakhstan which are coming next > week. > >> For that matter, take GMT and UTC. What are the time zone >> abbreviations for Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia, all of >> which are UTC+8 and don't have summer time? > > Singapore Mon Nov 25 04:07:23 SGT 1996 > Bangkok Mon Nov 25 03:07:23 ICT 1996 > Jakarta Mon Nov 25 03:07:23 JAVT 1996 > Kuala_Lumpur Mon Nov 25 04:07:23 MYT 1996 > > (Note that your assertion is incorrect: Indonesia has three time > zones; Malaysia has two, although they currently observe the same >> 08:00 offset even though LMT in Kuala Lumpur is +06:47; Singapore > changed to +08:00 in 1982; and Thailand has been on +07:00 since 1920.) What's LMT? Are you indicating that it's 13 minutes off the time zone? Or are you referring to geographical time? >> But you're changing it from what every other system does. Sorry, I >> believe this is just plain *wrong*. > > No, I'm sorry. I'm changing it from what certain older systems using > obsolete version of the Arthur Olson timezone database used, to what > all newer systems using the current version of the Arthur Olson > timezone database use. Ah. That's the first time you've said that. My big problem was that I thought you were doing something unilateral. > If you don't like that, take it up with tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov and be > prepared for a loud groan followed by the words ``Oh no, not > again!''. Frankly I think you should stop whinging about it. > >> Have you thought of coordinating this with other "vendors"? > > No, I am taking it directly from THE ONE SINGLE VENDOR of this > information. Again, if you don't like it, take it up with the > maintainers. Well, I don't like it, but there are plenty of things I don't like. If this is the way the industry is going, I retract my complaint. Greg
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