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From:
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
Date:
January 21, 2006 17:56
Subject:
Re: Daylight Saving
Message ID:
20060122015620.GA3712@efn.org
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 01:20:09PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
>
> >Just use the Olson
> >
> > PST8PDT
> > MST7MDT
> > MST
> > CST6CDT
> > EST5EDT
> > EST
> >
> >zones. I assume there aren't PST and CST zones because they
> >aren't actually in use, but if they are needed, maybe you could use
> >DateTime::TimeZone::OffsetOnly?
> >
> >Is there a reason the Olson etcetera file isn't included in DT::TZ?
>
> Is this related to the above quesiton? The etcetera file doesn't define
> any of those zones. They're all defined either as links or real zones in
> northamerica.
The above are links in the file "backward".
But etcetera includes non-DST zones Etc/GMT-14 through Etc/GMT+12,
which I thought might be useful if in fact someone does need pacific
or central time without DST.
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