Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> It's *theoretically* possible for some daemons to be configured to use
>> a different time zone, or to be hard-coded to use UTC.  I've never seen
>> this, but it could be done.
> In view of that, I think it's reasonable to drop the "default",
> and go with "system time zone", ie the time zone that the system
> clock it set to.

Funny, because I think on the contrary that the word "default" is key:
it conveys the information that this is just the time zone used by
default when converting a time to a human readable form.

You can drop "system" on the other hand, AFAIC.  🙂


        Stefan