On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM, John Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello and good morning, > I have recently relocated to Riyadh, KSA and have decided to spend my > now all-too-copious free time learning the ins and outs of Plan 9. One > nagging problem for me, however, is the lack of a AST timezone file. > > I am curious if it is at all possible for: > > 1) Someone to throw one together for me, or (better still) > 2) Explain to me the format of the file.
The format is documented in ctime(2). Probably more readably than I am about to attempt ;) <abbreviation> <gmt offset [seconds]> <DST abbreviation> <DST gmt offset [seconds]> <start of first DST period [seconds since the epoch (start of 1970)]> <end of first dst period [seconds since epoch]> <start of second DST period> <end of second DST period> ... -sqweek
