From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 02:47:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552FA16A4CE; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 02:47:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E054E43D2F; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 02:47:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i582llAx025877; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:47:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i582lkbi025876; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:47:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:47:46 -0400 From: Ken Smith To: Mark Murray Message-ID: <20040608024746.GB25445@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <20040607.082534.17038697.imp@bsdimp.com> <200406071712.i57HC805042166@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200406071712.i57HC805042166@grimreaper.grondar.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG cc: "M. Warner Losh" cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.ORG cc: des@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT cfg_local.pm X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 02:47:50 -0000 On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 06:12:07PM +0100, Mark Murray wrote: > Sure, but like feet & inches, its gonna take a long time to disappear. > The gov.uk and bbc.co.uk use it and BST. Like good NATO partners, however > the mod.uk uses ZULU time and 24-hour clock. It all comes down to who > you ask, and most of these couldn't give a tinker's cuss what the > official designation was. :-) Ok, so since it seems to be me that started this... It sounds like it would be better for the system to say "UTC" instead of "GMT" in the absence of /etc/localtime. Does anyone disagree? Warner correctly mentioned it would be best to check with the standards folks but my best guess on who that would be is Garrett Wollman and I'm fairly sure he chimes in on these sorts of messages on this list when appropriate. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |