In Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 06:07:24PM +0000, Joshua Swink wrote: >> The file usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab refers to the Americas as >> "America" 137 times. > > Do you mean that "America" is used to refer to either North America or > South America each of those 137 times? >
It's used to refer to the Americas. North and South America together are known as the Americas. > When is zone.tab displayed to the user? During package configuration. When you first install the operating system or enter "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata", the first question asked is your geographic area. One of the options displayed is "America". -- Joshua Swink -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
