Rob <[email protected]> writes:

>Uwe Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Timezone stuff is "Localisation" and handled forex by libc and/or
>> other programming frameworks.
>>
>> And the package manager for "managed" linux distributions ( same for the 
>> bsds )
>> usually present timely updates.

>So your standpoint is that every system builder who wants to do
>such localization should be on their own, providing their own update
>mechanism, and there should not be a universal update mechanism for
>timezone updates that is neutral to operating system?

There already is such a mechanism. It is called the tzdata file. Download it 
once
a month and install it via a cron job and be happy. It is a text file so is
operating system independent.


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