1# @(#)etcetera 7.10
2
3# These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that
4# people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l"
5# to a time zone that was right for their area. These days, the
6# tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, so there's little
7# need now for the entries that are not on UTC.
8
9Zone Etc/GMT 0 - GMT
10Zone Etc/UTC 0 - UTC
11Zone Etc/UCT 0 - UCT
12
13# The following link uses older naming conventions,
14# but it belongs here, not in the file `backward',
15# as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly.
16# We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names.
17Link Etc/GMT GMT
18
19Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal
20Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu
21
22Link Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich
23Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0
24Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0
25Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0
26
27# We use POSIX-style signedness in the names and output,
28# internal-style signedness in the specifications.
29# For example, TZ=Etc/GMT+4 corresponds to 4 hours _behind_ UTC;
30# it is equivalent to TZ=GMT+4, which is implemented directly as per POSIX.
31
32# Earlier incarnations of this package were not POSIX-compliant,
33# and had lines such as
34# Zone GMT-12 -12 - GMT-1200
35# We did not want things to change quietly if someone accustomed to the old
36# way does a
37# zic -l GMT-12

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