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From: Anatolii Smolianinov <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Timezone: resolve $TZDIR in runtime
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:01:36 +0200
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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 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Anatolii Smolianinov <[email protected]> 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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