On 06/12/2023 20:08, Pocket wrote:
On 12/6/23 07:22, Max Nikulin wrote:
On 06/12/2023 00:03, Pocket wrote:
On 12/5/23 11:37, Max Nikulin wrote:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
That does not work. Cannot set EST5EDT. you have to do that manually.
Do you have reasons to prefer EST5EDT to IANA identifiers like
America/Detroit, America/New_York, etc. (that have some differences
from EST5EDT)? Location-based time zones should be more precise for
most of users.
[...]
I follow POSIX
There are enough oversights in various standards. When accurate time
zone DB is unavailable, POSIX ones might be used (if risk to get wrong
results is accepted). Otherwise, from my of view, it is a legacy to keep
aside and a kind of cargo cult. That is why I asked concerning your reasons.
I introduced EST5DST to this by simply posted my configuration.
Maybe due to language barrier I perceived it as a recommendation for
Gene. The same time zone appeared earlier in a Gene's message. Perhaps
he still has it as the /etc/localtime link target. Of course, you are
free to have whatever you want in your configuration. Please, be
responsible suggesting anything to others.
Do you really need TZ environment variable especially set to the value
in system-wide configuration?
[...]
I doesn't hurt anything, What if I install some application that uses it
and it is not set?
It may cause waste of time when you will need to change time zone. If
not all occurrences are updated you may see wrong time. For me it is a
reason to avoid unnecessary settings.
cat /etc/default/locale
LANG=POSIX
Does it set UTF-8 encoding? Sometimes I use C.UTF-8. However there are
enough subtle differences (sorting, etc.) from any en_* locale.
