On 06/12/2023 20:08, Pocket wrote:
On 12/6/23 07:22, Max Nikulin wrote:On 06/12/2023 00:03, Pocket wrote:On 12/5/23 11:37, Max Nikulin wrote:dpkg-reconfigure tzdataThat does not work. Cannot set EST5EDT. you have to do that manually.Do you have reasons to prefer EST5EDT to IANA identifiers like America/Detroit, America/New_York, etc. (that have some differences from EST5EDT)? Location-based time zones should be more precise for most of users.
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I follow POSIX
There are enough oversights in various standards. When accurate time zone DB is unavailable, POSIX ones might be used (if risk to get wrong results is accepted). Otherwise, from my of view, it is a legacy to keep aside and a kind of cargo cult. That is why I asked concerning your reasons.
I introduced EST5DST to this by simply posted my configuration.
Maybe due to language barrier I perceived it as a recommendation for Gene. The same time zone appeared earlier in a Gene's message. Perhaps he still has it as the /etc/localtime link target. Of course, you are free to have whatever you want in your configuration. Please, be responsible suggesting anything to others.
Do you really need TZ environment variable especially set to the value in system-wide configuration?
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I doesn't hurt anything, What if I install some application that uses it and it is not set?
It may cause waste of time when you will need to change time zone. If not all occurrences are updated you may see wrong time. For me it is a reason to avoid unnecessary settings.
cat /etc/default/locale LANG=POSIX
Does it set UTF-8 encoding? Sometimes I use C.UTF-8. However there are enough subtle differences (sorting, etc.) from any en_* locale.