The TZ
(zoneinfo) database comes installed with several operating
systems
like Linux, Solaris, etc.
I have noticed the
content of
the TZ database varies between different
versions of the
same
operating system and also between operating
systems. This
could have been because of when a snapshot of the
TZ database
was
taken.
Ofcourse, one
significant difference is the actual name of the time zone.
Depending on the
content of the TZ database, the time zone name look
different. Is
it because the TZ database has evolved?
I also
noticed
that the zone.tab file is not distributed on a number of
installations.
Was that operating system installation decision?
Now my main
question, is it an appropriate application specific common
practice
to use an
application specific TZ database? That way the
time zone
names can
be consistent, irrespective of where the application
is
installed?
Thank
you.
Srini