cvs commit: CVSROOT cfg_local.pm
Mark Murray
mark at grondar.org
Mon Jun 7 09:58:46 GMT 2004
"M. Warner Losh" writes:
> : > Thanks! GMT is the obsolete name for UTC.
> : >
> : > Warner
> :
> : Should we fix that before 5.3 becomes -STABLE? :-)
> :
> : [ Meaning have the system say UTC in the absence of /etc/localtime... ]
>
> Maybe we should ask the timezone mainteiner why this state of affairs
> exists...
Actually, UTC is universal time, and GMT is the regional name for it.
GMT ain't disappearing anytime soon, but international folks are encouraged
to use UTC.
M (Currently in BST)
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Mark Murray
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