Re: HST time zone

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 11:01 AM Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 25 Jul 2023, at 22:26, David Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com> wrote:
> >
> > One thing that has bothered me for a long time is that the
> Pacific/Honolulu timezone is found under the America -- North and
> South/United States of America/Hawaii in tzsetup. Politics of Hawaiian
> Sovereignty aside, every other system I regularly install uses
> Pacific/Honolulu as it is in the official tzdb.
> >
> > Is there any reason why a patch to change to match the standard would be
> refused?
>
> Which version of FreeBSD are you using? On my 14-CURRENT box, Hawaii is
> actually found in *two* locations in tzsetup:
>
> * America -- North and South -> United States of America -> Hawaii
> * Pacific Ocean -> United States of America -> Hawaii
>

It just seems that the "standard" is Pacific/Honolulu and we are different
- in the IANA tz db, there is only mention of Pacific/Honolulu. While I'm
not saying they're correct, every Linux dist I've tried uses it. I have a
mixed shop, and every difference is a potential problem.

I doubt that this affects many people, so consistency would not seem a
hardship.

So that would serve all sides? :)
>
> As far as I can see, the menu is dynamically generated from
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone1970.tab, which has:
>
> US      +211825-1575130 Pacific/Honolulu        Hawaii
>
> and seems to be up-to-date with regards to the IANA tz files.
>
> -Dimitry
>
>