On Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 11:28:40AM -0500, Pocket wrote: > diff /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York > Binary files /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT and > /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York differ
unicorn:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ ls -l EST5EDT -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2310 May 28 2023 EST5EDT unicorn:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ ls -l America/New_York -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3552 May 28 2023 America/New_York unicorn:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ file EST5EDT EST5EDT: timezone data (fat), version 2, 5 gmt time flags, 5 std time flags, no leap seconds, 149 transition times, 5 local time types, 16 abbreviation chars unicorn:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ file America/New_York America/New_York: timezone data (fat), version 2, 6 gmt time flags, 6 std time flags, no leap seconds, 236 transition times, 6 local time types, 20 abbreviation chars OK, they are definitely not the same. I don't feel like digging through them to try to figure out *what* the differences are, but clearly there must be *some* point(s) in time where they give different results. If you wish to continue using the legacy time zone, knowing that it's different from the proper one (but not precisely in what way), then on your own head be it. For comparison, this one is cleary safe to use: unicorn:/usr/share/zoneinfo$ ls -l US/Eastern lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 May 28 2023 US/Eastern -> ../America/New_York
