[v3] manual/time.texi (TZ Variable): no tzfiles
Commit Message
The timezone files are not installed since:
commit 482ff4dae91cf9a288284072d1a299868db7a634
Author: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Mar 7 04:48:47 2012 -0500
Don't install timezone rule files
2012-03-07 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
[BZ #6959]
* timezone/Makefile: Don't install timezone files, just the programs
and scripts.
Reviewed-by: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
---
manual/time.texi | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
2015-02-14 J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
* manual/time.texi (TZ Variable): timezone files are not
installed since commit 482ff4d.
@@ -2520,9 +2520,11 @@ subdirectories for geographical areas; for example,
@file{America/New_York}, @file{Europe/London}, @file{Asia/Hong_Kong}.
These data files are installed by the system administrator, who also
sets @file{/etc/localtime} to point to the data file for the local time
-zone. @Theglibc{} comes with a large database of time zone
+zone. @Theglibc{} is compatible with the Time Zone Database, sometimes
+called tz, or zoneinfo. This is a large database of time zone
information for most regions of the world, which is maintained by a
-community of volunteers and put in the public domain.
+community of volunteers and put in the public domain. It is located at
+@url{http://www.iana.org/time-zones}.
@node Time Zone Functions
@subsection Functions and Variables for Time Zones