TZ... Again (OT)

[Norm]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:17:19 -0400 (AST), Trevor Smith 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".


     I've always wondered about that.  I live in the EST/EDT zone, and
when installing anything that required a TZ setting I've always
wondered why it usually defaulted to the correct value.  I couldn't for
the life of me think of a way this sort of value could be 'sniffed',
but then again why was the default value almost always correct...so now
I know :-).

--
 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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