March 2, 2016
4:49 p.m.
On Mar 2, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca> wrote:
On 2016-03-02 16:19, Ian Abbott wrote:
On 03/02/16 23:02, Paul Eggert wrote:
The TZ string "PST+8PDT" doesn't conform to POSIX, It doesn't?
It does appear to conform - see:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap08.html#tag_...
under TZ:
"If preceded by a '-', the timezone shall be east of the Prime Meridian; otherwise, it shall be west (which may be indicated by an optional preceding '+' )."
And from a quick look at whatever version of tzcode source I have, tzcode supports it. However, as I remember, glibc has its own time zone handling code, separate from tzcode; whether *it* handles "PST+8PDT" is another matter.