passing a full path seems to work, despite the fact that the documentation says
newContext :: Maybe String -> IO ContextSource Create a Context object. A path to the zone-info database may be specified. Otherwise, the TZDIR environment variable, or a reasonable default, will be used. An IOError will be thrown on failure. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Anatoly Yakovenko <aeyakove...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to use this library, seems like this should work > > > Prelude Data.Time.ZoneInfo> ctx <- newContext Nothing > Prelude Data.Time.ZoneInfo> name <- zoneInfoName (utcOlsonZone ctx) True > Prelude Data.Time.ZoneInfo> newOlsonZone ctx name > *** Exception: Data.Time.ZoneInfo.newOlsonZone: invalid argument > (Invalid argument) > > > but it doesn't, neither does > > > Prelude Data.Time.ZoneInfo> newOlsonZone ctx "America/New_York" > *** Exception: Data.Time.ZoneInfo.newOlsonZone: invalid argument > (Invalid argument) > > > and my zoneinfo seems to be kosher on my machine > > > $ ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York > /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York > > > $ ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT > /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT > > > what am i missing? > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
