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Re: ntpsec as server questions

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: ntpsec as server questions
Date 2023-12-04 22:50 +0100
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On Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 15:36:32 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> I classify time zone names into three historic eras.  In the oldest era,
> you have zone names like EST5EDT which are composed of three pieces.
> The first piece, EST, is the zone's name when the clock is "normal" (not
> daylight saving or summer time).  The second piece, 5, is the number
> of hours behind GMT the clock is (normally).  The third piece, EDT, is
> the zone's name when daylight saving time is in effect.
> 
> In the second era, zone names look like "US/Eastern".  The piece on the
> right hand side is a component of the piece on the left.  I'm uncertain
> whether the pieces on the left are always country codes, or if there's
> some other arrangement.
> 
> In the modern era, zone names look like "America/Chicago".  The piece on
> the left is a continent (or other large geographic region, e.g. "Pacific"),
> and the piece on the right is a major city, preferably *the* major city,
> which exemplifies the specific time zone in question.
> 
> For you and me, the current era time zone name is "America/New_York".
> This is how the Debian installer sets the localtime symlink, and is
> what we should be using if we have to set it ourselves.
> 
> I personally find "US/Eastern" the easiest to grasp, and I'm sad that
> this pattern fell out of fashion, for whatever reason.  Whenever I tell
> people on the Internet (who may not be Linux users) what time zone I'm
> in, I always go with "US/Eastern".  It's just so *clear*.

Because they don't work historically; for example, say you live in
Wayne Co, KY:

/usr/share/zoneinfo$ for j in America/Kentucky/*; do TZ="$j" date -d '@907654321'; done
Tue Oct  6 02:12:01 EDT 1998
Tue Oct  6 01:12:01 CDT 1998
/usr/share/zoneinfo$ for j in America/Kentucky/*; do TZ="$j" date -d '@987654321'; done
Thu Apr 19 00:25:21 EDT 2001
Thu Apr 19 00:25:21 EDT 2001
/usr/share/zoneinfo$ 

Cheers,
David.

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ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 01:50 +0100
  Re: ntpsec as server questions jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2023-12-04 02:00 +0100
    Re: ntpsec as server questions jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2023-12-04 02:10 +0100
      Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 10:00 +0100
        Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-04 12:00 +0100
          Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 12:40 +0100
            Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-04 13:20 +0100
              Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 17:00 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-04 17:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 22:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-05 04:00 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-04 17:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-04 18:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-04 19:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-16 11:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 22:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2023-12-04 17:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 22:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2023-12-04 17:50 +0100
              Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-04 20:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 22:40 +0100
              Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 20:20 +0100
          Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-04 13:20 +0100
            Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-04 14:00 +0100
            Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 21:30 +0100
              Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-04 21:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-04 22:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 00:50 +0100
            Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 21:30 +0100
              Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-04 23:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 17:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-05 18:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-06 13:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-06 14:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-06 16:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-06 16:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-06 17:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-06 17:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-06 17:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-12-06 17:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-05 18:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-05 18:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-06 06:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-06 17:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-06 18:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-06 18:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-06 18:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-12-06 18:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-06 19:00 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-06 19:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-06 19:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-06 21:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-07 00:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-07 01:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-07 01:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-07 01:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-07 01:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-07 01:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-07 02:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-07 06:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 03:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-08 04:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-08 05:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-08 13:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-08 18:00 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 12:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-08 13:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-08 14:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2023-12-08 14:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-08 18:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-06 21:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-07 00:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-07 06:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-07 06:50 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-07 13:20 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-07 14:10 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2023-12-07 15:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-07 15:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-07 17:00 +0100
                Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-07 16:40 +0100
                Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-07 17:10 +0100
                Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 03:20 +0100
                Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions) Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 05:20 +0100
                Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-08 05:40 +0100
                Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-12 18:10 +0100
                Re: Local time in databases David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-17 06:20 +0100
                Re: Local time in databases (Re: ntpsec as server questions) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-08 05:40 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> - 2023-12-06 22:30 +0100
                Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-07 06:50 +0100
              Re: ntpsec as server questions David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-05 04:00 +0100
      Re: ntpsec as server questions Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2023-12-04 11:10 +0100
        Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 12:30 +0100
          Re: ntpsec as server questions <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-04 12:50 +0100
  Re: ntpsec as server questions Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-04 02:00 +0100
  Re: ntpsec as server questions <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-04 06:10 +0100
    Re: ntpsec as server questions Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-04 06:30 +0100
      Re: ntpsec as server questions Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-12-04 07:30 +0100
        Re: ntpsec as server questions Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-04 08:10 +0100
    Re: ntpsec as server questions gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-04 11:00 +0100

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