Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:48:19 -0700 From: francois reygagne <freygagne@opteway.com>
I'm wondering if it could be possible to use the OLSON data and code instead the specific target OS stuff.
Yes, that should work. All the systems that you mention should read the Olson data files as-is; you shouldn't need to link any of the tz code. That's certainly true for Solaris and GNU/Linux (it works for me). I've been told that it works for HP-UX, and from what you write it works for Tru64 (which is news to me; I should add Tru64 to the list of systems in tz-link). To use an Olson data file, set TZ to its fully qualified name. E.g. TZ='/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/Australia/Broken_Hill' works on Solaris 8.
HP-UX # @(#) $Revision: 80.4.1.6 $
# Mitteleuropaeische Zeit, Mitteleuropaeische Sommerzeit MEZ-1MESZ 0 3 25-31 3 1983-2038 0 MESZ-2
This is using the old TZ format, but I think HP-UX also supports the Olson format too. Sorry, I don't know the details.