Re: [Fwd: a problem with timezones]
Carlo Robazza wrote:
>I work for Corel and am responsible for the Control Center under KDE. I
>have implemented the kcmclock module which allows the user to change the
>date, time and timezone. I have run into something very confusing having
>to do with timezones and I don't know if it is a bug or not. Hopefully
>you can help me out.
>
>If I set my system to EST (Americal/Montreal) everything works fine. If
>I try to set it to GMT-5, which in my mind is the same as EST, I get a
>time that is 5 hours ahead of GMT instead of 5 hours behind GMT. In
>order to get the time to be the same as America/Montreal I have to
>select GMT+5. This seems to be the case for other GMT time zones as well
>(i.e. the + and - seem to be reversed).
>
>Is this a bug or am I just missing something?
I have just seen a mention of this on a PostgreSQL mailing list; it seems
that this group of timezones have their signs defined in the opposite
sense to all the rest. It is crazy, but correct.
--
Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1
========================================
"For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and
his truth endureth to all generations."
Psalms 100:5
Reply to: