| From: | Anatolii Smolianinov <zarkonesmall(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Timezone: resolve $TZDIR in runtime |
| Date: | 2024-10-21 17:01:36 |
| Message-ID: | CABvPt_w=dPVwkn=GSX1CEhSzcPKB4xfSTQ_Zbk57UF+P4WLbsQ@mail.gmail.com |
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Right, it is not an official standard, but TZDIR appears in tzselect, which
comes from GNU libc. https://www.unix.com/man-page/redhat/8/TZSELECT/
date(1) does not set timezone dir: but it uses TZ, and, in man, it refers
to tzselect:
> use tzselect to find TZ"
On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 6:16 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Anatolii Smolianinov <zarkonesmall(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > As I've mentioned, it's not about embedded really, it is more about
> support
> > of standard $TZDIR mechanics in general.
>
> One problem with your argument is that there's no standard mentioning
> TZDIR, nor does it appear to affect actually-standard utilities
> like date(1).
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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