On Tue 09 Apr 2019 at 14:03:08 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 09 April 2019 09:38:43 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2019-04-08 18:26:23 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > stretch$ TZ=UTC date > > > Mon Apr 8 15:22:02 UTC 2019 > > > buster$ TZ=UTC date > > > Mon 08 Apr 2019 03:22:04 PM UTC > > > > This is unrelated to your issue, but note that the correct TZ string > > for UTC is "UTC0", not "UTC". See > > > > > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap08.htm > >l > > Yikes. Can that be actually put into English? > > I've read thru it, and the only thing I can come away is that 'if UTC, > then offset is required, and it can be anything from -23 to +23, > including your example 0 meaning no offset from UTC. > > As it now reads, theres a ton of ambiguity that needs further > clarification.
I'd agree. I really can't see how you can use UTC6 as a timezone though it makes sense as an offset. But in that case, UTC is UTC, and the zero is just tautological. We avoided the problem when I went to sea by using the letter codes, Z(ulu), A(lpha), B(ravo) etc. because there are no civil timezones, daylight savings times or anything else. Cheers, David.
