Mike writes:
> Of the 780 files in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ America/Chicago and CST6CDT
> are the only two that might apply to me. Are the rest of any use to me
> at all? If so how?
Do you ever need to convert the time and date in some distant time zone
to your local time or vice versa? The "date" command can do that for
you using that database.
Also, the database is updated (even in Stable) when jurisdictions make
changes such as moving the start and end dates for daylight savings
time.
It's tiny and useful. leave it alone.
I concur. And it's only going to get more useful with each update as the world's time gets more complicated. Especially if you happen to be in the northwestern US, where half of the Boise and Portland metro areas will now be off the other half by an hour half the year...