On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Paul Eggert wrote:
From: Semen A. Ustimenko [mailto:semenu@online.sinor.ru] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:30 PM
I've discovered that definition for GMT+N anf GMT-N are just wrong. I.e. setting zone to GMT+6 you really get -6 hours offset from GMT. And this is quite correct as is defined in etcetera file!
Thanks for pointing this out. Apparently this bug was introduced in the Great TZ Renaming of 1994, but nobody has noticed it until now. I'll draft a proposed fix in my next patch.
Wow!... It will be nice to see fixed, as i count GMT+-N the most understandable way to set time.
Draft 5 of the next version of POSIX will let you say, for example, TZ='<GMT+6>-6' in order to get a time zone named "GMT+6" that is 6 hours ahead of UTC. Once support for this is added, "TZ=Etc/GMT+6" will be completely obsolete.
A-aa... Maybe... Fine idea, except it's not quite clear what is the meaning of those numbers in new TZ line. But, this isn't a problem. Bye!