From: Andreas Schwab Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 07:48:10 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix: wrong offset for CET timezone Message-ID: <87lhsi23ph.fsf@igel.home> In-Reply-To: <166360487.125996.1403820532765.JavaMail.zimbra@dewire.com> Robin Rosenberg writes: > $ TZ=CET date > Fre 27 Jun 2014 00:08:05 CEST That only works because CET is a special zone name (POSIX time zones require at least a number to denote the standard offset), similar to Europe/Berlin but without the history. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."