On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:04:11PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Sandro Santilli <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:19:22AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> writes: > >> > >> > $ TZ=Japan+1 date > >> > >> This is a well-formed POSIX timezone. > > > > Meaning UTC+1 ? > > The timzone name has no meaning, only the offset matters.
Offset from which date ? > >> > $ TZ=Japan date > >> > >> This is a non-POSIX timezone that happens to match an Olson timezone. > > > > non-POSIX means illegal ? > > It means unspecified (but not undefined), ie. the implementation may > reject it or do something sensible. So it can also print a warning ? --strk; () Free GIS & Flash consultant/developer /\ http://strk.keybit.net/services.html
