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diff --git a/tz/etcetera b/tz/etcetera index a1606bd..1dc7411 100644 --- a/tz/etcetera +++ b/tz/etcetera @@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. -# 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 timezone that was right for their area. These days, the -# tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, and the only practical -# need now for the entries that are not on UTC are for ships at sea -# that cannot use POSIX TZ settings. +# These entries are for uses not otherwise covered by the tz database. +# Their main practical use is for platforms like Android that lack +# support for POSIX-style TZ strings. On such platforms these entries +# can be useful if the timezone database is wrong or if a ship or +# aircraft at sea is not in a timezone. # Starting with POSIX 1003.1-2001, the entries below are all # unnecessary as settings for the TZ environment variable. E.g., |