May 13, 2009
3:25 p.m.
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:28:45 +0100 From: Tim Diggins <tim@red56.co.uk> Message-ID: <1A8A4692-467F-454A-9C9F-15102C556D0F@red56.co.uk> | Maybe I'm missing something - can someone explain what the | abbreviations are used for They're just part of the standard output data that the ctime() related functions are expected to provide. As you noted, the abbreviations themselves are essentially useless, and applications using them for any more than decoration are generally broken, but what applications decide to do is outside our control. A TZ abbreviation has been available from libc essentially forever, and we need to keep on providing one. kre