TZ... Again (OT)

[Trevor Smith]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:09:13 +0100 (BST), Simon Bowring wrote:

> When TZ is not present, the default is EST5EDT, the "C" locale value. When only 
> the standard time zone is specified, the default value of n (difference in hours 
> from GMT) is 0 instead of 5. 

You know, it strikes me as very egocentric that TZ defaults to
EST/EDT if the SET TZ statement isn't present. Shouldn't it default
to UT?

The way it is is like saying the "default" is -5 hrs from the
"standard".


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