David Woolley <da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> David Woolley <da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> >>>> What about all the systems that don't use Olson? >>>> >>> I'm only aware of one that doesn't require the system administrator to >>> manually configure for any zone that that doesn't match the (historic) >>> US rules, and that is the Windows NT family. >> >> HP-UX to name just one mainstream OS doesn't use Olson. > > I'm not familiar with HP-UX, but SCO OpenServer doesn't, however SCO > OpenServer falls into my other category, than in which the rules for the > local timezone have to be entered by the system administrator. Are you > saying that HP-UX has centrally distributed rule sets? >>
HP-UX uses tztab, which is a file format developed by HP. http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/doc/man/hpux/tztab.4.html While HP's system functions overall like most others, the data isn't Olson. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
