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Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/

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On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 9:18 PM John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:

> Mike writes:
> > Of the 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ America/Chicago and CST6CDT
> > are the only two that might apply to me. Are the rest of any use to me
> > at all?  If so how?
>
> Do you ever need to convert the time and date in some distant time zone
> to your local time or vice versa?  The "date" command can do that for
> you using that database.
>
> Also, the database is updated (even in Stable) when jurisdictions make
> changes such as moving the start and end dates for daylight savings
> time.
>
> It's tiny and useful.  leave it alone.
>

 I concur.  And it's only going to get more useful with each update as the
world's time gets more complicated.  Especially if you happen to be in the
northwestern US, where half of the Boise and Portland metro areas will now
be off the other half by an hour half the year...

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780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ mike.junk.46@att.net - 2020-11-21 03:50 +0100
  Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-11-21 04:10 +0100
  Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-11-21 04:20 +0100
    Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2020-11-21 04:30 +0100
  Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-11-21 10:00 +0100
    Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2020-11-21 20:30 +0100
      Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-11-21 22:40 +0100
        Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-11-21 22:50 +0100
        Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2020-11-22 03:50 +0100
          Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-11-22 05:30 +0100
            rsync link corruption with -H and --link-dest "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-22 05:50 +0100
            Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2020-11-30 13:20 +0100
      Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-11-21 23:10 +0100
      Re: Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-11-23 14:00 +0100
        Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-11-23 16:50 +0100
        Re: Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-11-24 06:50 +0100
          Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-11-24 14:10 +0100
            Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-11-24 17:20 +0100
              Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-11-24 17:30 +0100
                Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-11-24 18:10 +0100
                Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-11-24 19:10 +0100
                Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-11-24 19:40 +0100
                Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-24 20:50 +0100
                Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-11-25 03:00 +0100
          Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-11-24 15:50 +0100
          Re: Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-11-24 17:10 +0100
            Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2020-11-30 14:10 +0100
          Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-11-24 17:20 +0100
            Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-11-24 18:20 +0100
          Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-24 20:50 +0100
  Re: 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-22 00:00 +0100

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