Is DateTime picking up the correct 'local' time?
Don't know. This isn't an application using DateTime, and the problem has just been reported to me. Plus I don't have Debian. Mark or Scott can you answer this question.
I've never used a true "Olson" name in the TZ variable. I have used things like 'US/Hawaii' (no leading ':') without difficulty.
Me, too. But isn't that a true Olson name?
% locate Hawaii /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Hawaii /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/US/Hawaii /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/US/Hawaii
In theory no. However I've had trouble with things like Chart::Graph::Gnuplot not picking up/passing the correct TZ setting. This is somewhat superstitious but I like use:
$ENV{TZ} = "HST"; POSIX::tzset();
Just to be safe.
Argh. I've been successful in keeping POSIX from loading into my app up till now. I'd rather not add this if I don't have to. Seems like it shouldn't be necessary.
3. If the answers to the above two questions are "no" and "no", then
I'm forced to ask if time zone handling somehow broken on Debian (which
is the only platform for which I'm hearing problems with offsets)?
Can you write and post a test script to demonstrate the issue?
Mark? Scott?
Thanks,
David
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