> chris > thanks for the source extract which, returning to my original point, clearly shows that pacific/auckland is a distinctly different *location* to that of nz.
It does what? It defines *rules* (called NZ and Chatham) and *zones* (called Pacific/Auckland and Pacific/Chatham). That is all. Where on earth does it define locations, or specify that Pacific/Auckland is a different to NZ? Under Linux, we can choose either the Pacific/Auckland or NZ zoneinfo file, since they both specify the same Pacific/Auckland timezone (which uses the NZ rules). - Mark
