etcetera revision 43009
143009Swollman# @(#)etcetera 7.10 22744Swollman 320091Swollman# These entries are mostly present for historical reasons, so that 420091Swollman# people in areas not otherwise covered by the tz files could "zic -l" 520091Swollman# to a time zone that was right for their area. These days, the 620091Swollman# tz files cover almost all the inhabited world, so there's little 720091Swollman# need now for the entries that are not on UTC. 82744Swollman 92744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT 0 - GMT 1020091SwollmanZone Etc/UTC 0 - UTC 1120091SwollmanZone Etc/UCT 0 - UCT 1220091Swollman 1343009Swollman# The following link uses older naming conventions, 1443009Swollman# but it belongs here, not in the file `backward', 1543009Swollman# as functions like gmtime load the "GMT" file to handle leap seconds properly. 1643009Swollman# We want this to work even on installations that omit the other older names. 1743009SwollmanLink Etc/GMT GMT 1843009Swollman 1920091SwollmanLink Etc/UTC Etc/Universal 2020091SwollmanLink Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu 2120091Swollman 222744SwollmanLink Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich 232744SwollmanLink Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0 242744SwollmanLink Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0 252744SwollmanLink Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0 262744Swollman 272744Swollman# We use POSIX-style signedness in the names and output, 282744Swollman# internal-style signedness in the specifications. 2943009Swollman# For example, TZ=Etc/GMT+4 corresponds to 4 hours _behind_ UTC; 302744Swollman# it is equivalent to TZ=GMT+4, which is implemented directly as per POSIX. 312744Swollman 322744Swollman# Earlier incarnations of this package were not POSIX-compliant, 332744Swollman# and had lines such as 342744Swollman# Zone GMT-12 -12 - GMT-1200 352744Swollman# We did not want things to change quietly if someone accustomed to the old 362744Swollman# way does a 372744Swollman# zic -l GMT-12 382744Swollman# so we moved the names into the Etc subdirectory. 392744Swollman 4014709SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-14 14 - GMT-14 # 14 hours ahead of GMT 4114709SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-13 13 - GMT-13 422744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-12 12 - GMT-12 432744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-11 11 - GMT-11 442744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-10 10 - GMT-10 452744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-9 9 - GMT-9 462744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-8 8 - GMT-8 472744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-7 7 - GMT-7 482744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-6 6 - GMT-6 492744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-5 5 - GMT-5 502744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-4 4 - GMT-4 512744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-3 3 - GMT-3 522744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-2 2 - GMT-2 532744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT-1 1 - GMT-1 542744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+1 -1 - GMT+1 552744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+2 -2 - GMT+2 562744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+3 -3 - GMT+3 572744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+4 -4 - GMT+4 582744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+5 -5 - GMT+5 592744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+6 -6 - GMT+6 602744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+7 -7 - GMT+7 612744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+8 -8 - GMT+8 622744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+9 -9 - GMT+9 632744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+10 -10 - GMT+10 642744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+11 -11 - GMT+11 652744SwollmanZone Etc/GMT+12 -12 - GMT+12 66