On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Following the handbook, I am now setting my timezone. I am in Los Angeles. > > Should I select: > a) /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific > b) /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific-New > c) [your answer here] > > "man Pacific" didn't help.
This report from 1992 tells the story of pacific-new: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/13.87.html#subj1 "US/Pacific-New' stands for 'Pacific Presidential Election Time', which was passed by the House in April 1989 but never signed into law. In presidential election years, this rule would have delayed the PDT-to-PST switchover until after the election, to lessen the effect of broadcast news election projections on last-minute west-coast voters. " So it seems you would use Pacific instead of Pacific-new, however I believe both of those are deprecated and it is preferred to use America/Los Angeles instead.
