Re: [HACKERS] timezone problem?

Has anyone noticed the following timezoning problem..

If a datetime variable is read out, and then inserted back in again
(verbatim) I get a change in the time value. I suspect that it because
out lime zona Australia/Adelaide is CST, which I belive is also an
American timezone. Trimming the timezone info (CST) off, fixes this
problem. Can anyone shed any light?

How does one get the +1030 timezone format?

PaulS

> > Maybe I'm going to check where the translation Japan -> JST has benn
> > actually done.
>
> You will find it in the timezone file itself. Use "zdump" to look at
> the file of interest:
>
> [root(at)golem zoneinfo]# zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Japan
> Japan Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901 GMT = Sat Dec 14 05:45:52 1901 JST
> isdst=0
> Japan Sat Dec 14 20:45:52 1901 GMT = Sun Dec 15 05:45:52 1901 JST
> isdst=0
> Japan Mon Jan 18 03:14:07 2038 GMT = Mon Jan 18 12:14:07 2038 JST
> isdst=0
> Japan Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 GMT = Tue Jan 19 12:14:07 2038 JST
> isdst=0
>
> Wow, that is a short set of rules! The PST8PDT file is 374 lines ;)
>
> - Thomas
>
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