On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 08:51:25AM +0200, Michael Sternberg wrote: > > > > I'm looking for updated files that contain zones info (zones, cities, > > daylight savings etc) that can be used as input file for /usr/sbin/zic. > > > > There is a one at ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/israel/linux/zicfile > > and instructions on usage at the same directory, but it contains only > > Asia :( > > > > Red Hat distro contains already compiled files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/. > > I'm looking for sources of those compiled files. > > Get the glibc source, look in the subdirectory timezone. > I am willing to put it somewhere - the complete tar.gz is 16MB, a bit > long over a modem.
This zicfile is actually enough. You can compile your "Asia/Jerusalem" zone from it. However, this is a good time to ask: exactly how binary-compatible is the cmpiled file? Because it is much smaller, and much easier to install. Off-topic: Any idea how to change the time zone on a windows machine? Microsoft's time-zone editor seems to have this "unrealistic" assumption that a timezone will only change twice (once to daylight saving and once from it) in a year. Alternatively, "compiled" timezones would also help -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
