Re: zoneinfo problem

From: Özkan KIRIK <ozkan.kirik_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:58:42 UTC 
Thank you

On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 11:58 AM Derek Schrock
<dereks@lifeofadishwasher.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 04, 2021 at 01:59:10AM EST, Özkan KIRIK wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't know if here is the right mail list.
> > I'm using stable/12. But there is a strangeness about zoneinfo files.
> >
> > # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT+3 /etc/localtime
> > # date
> > Sat Dec  4 03:48:50 -03 2021
> >
> > Above, I want to set the timezone to GMT+3 but date command shows as GMT-3
> >
> > # rm /etc/localtime
> > # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT-3 /etc/localtime
> > # date
> > Sat Dec  4 09:49:07 +03 2021
> >
> > When I set to GMT-3 then date command shows as GMT+3
> >
> > I think there is a problem with zoneinfo files.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
>
> This is expected.
>
> https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/2018g/etcetera#L38-L44