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diff --git a/time/etcetera b/time/etcetera index 73ad68ee0a..c47fae7a68 100644 --- a/time/etcetera +++ b/time/etcetera @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ -# @(#)etcetera 7.5 +# @(#)etcetera 7.6 -# All of these are set up just so people can "zic -l" to a timezone -# that's right for their area, even if it doesn't have a name or DST rules -# (half hour zones are too much to bother with -- when someone asks!) +# These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that +# people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l" +# to a time zone that was right for their area. These days, the +# tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, so there's little +# need now for the entries that are not on UTC. Zone Etc/GMT 0 - GMT -Link Etc/GMT Etc/UTC -Link Etc/GMT Etc/UCT -Link Etc/GMT Etc/Universal +Zone Etc/UTC 0 - UTC +Zone Etc/UCT 0 - UCT + +Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal +Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu + Link Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich -Link Etc/GMT Etc/Zulu Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0 Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0 |