Hi Phil,
Thank you for your enlightening explanation.
> The common timezone names on the Internet come from the Olson timezone
> database. You can retrieve the current code and definitions from
> ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ -- yes, it's American, so what? At least
> *someone* is sponsoring a common standard. The effort is international
> and, AFAIK, volunteer. In fact, I believe the most prominent
> contributor, besides Mr Olson himself, is Dutch (Paul Eggert).
I'll study the interesting material later today. Thanks.
You wrote .....
> * exim -d is your friend
But on my Exim I get a lot of lines - not one refers to time zones or to
time anything.
UTC would never be truly popular with end users.
With best regards,
Paul
Currently on BST (GMT +1) known to the Dutch as EZT (Engels Zomer Tijd).
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