Author: aurel32 Date: 2008-09-06 16:07:54 +0000 (Sat, 06 Sep 2008) New Revision: 3123
Added: tzdata/trunk/debian/README.Debian Log: Really add README.Debian Added: tzdata/trunk/debian/README.Debian =================================================================== --- tzdata/trunk/debian/README.Debian (rev 0) +++ tzdata/trunk/debian/README.Debian 2008-09-06 16:07:54 UTC (rev 3123) @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +README for tzdata +----------------- + +This package contains data required for the implementation of +standard local time for many representative locations around the +globe. + +Two different versions are provided: +- The "posix" version is based on the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). +- The "right" version is based on the International Atomic Time (TAI), + and it includes the leap seconds. + +Most systems have their hardware clock set either to UTC, or to a +timezone with a fixed difference with UTC. Therefore the default +version provided by this package is the "posix" one. + +The TZDIR environment variable, when used together with the TZ one, +forces the system to use one of the two versions. Examples: + +- TZDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix TZ=Europe/Paris on a system with + hardware clock set to UTC. +- TZDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo/right TZ=Europe/Paris on a system with + hardware clock set to TAI. + + -- Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:27:09 +0200 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
