Re: tzdata-legacy [was: Re: systemd and timezone]

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 1/6/24 04:15, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2024 06 Jan 01:00 -0600, Max Nikulin wrote:
> > US/Eastern & Co has been moved to tzdata-legacy as well. Currently used
> > identifiers are based on cities: America/New_York.
>
> Ugghhh!
>
> I guess I'll be going to the legacy package then until
> $WHOEVER_IS_IN_CHARGE issues a decree that it too shall be eliminated.
> I really don't get the fascination with some city hundreds of miles
> distant defining the time zone.  Why Chicago for US/Central?  There are
> any number of cities in US/Central that could be referenced, but no,
> pick the most notorious one--rolls eyes.
>
> I could even accept America/Central without complaint.  Yeah, US is a
> directory and Central is a symlink to ../America/Chicago that could be
> manually added to a system if need be.
>
> Ambles off shaking fist at a cloud...
You got company on that trail.
> - Nate

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