On 09/27/11 22:44, Sandro Santilli wrote: > A warning/error message with hint on how to correctly form > the string would be very friendly for users
Unfortunately, there's no portable way to determine which TZ values are supported on the current platform. One cannot even reliably determine whether the current TZ value is supported. So it's not clear how that warning would be generated. Also, lots of programs use TZ; it's not just "date".
