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README for tzdata
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This package contains data required for the implementation of
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standard local time for many representative locations around the
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globe.
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Two different versions are provided:
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- The "posix" version is based on the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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- The "right" version is based on the International Atomic Time (TAI),
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and it includes the leap seconds.
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Most systems have their hardware clock set either to UTC, or to a
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timezone with a fixed difference with UTC. Therefore the default
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version provided by this package is the "posix" one.
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The TZDIR environment variable, when used together with the TZ one,
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forces the system to use one of the two versions. Examples:
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- TZDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix TZ=Europe/Paris on a system with
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hardware clock set to UTC.
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- TZDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo/right TZ=Europe/Paris on a system with
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hardware clock set to TAI.
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-- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:27:09 +0200
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