Outfrostoutfrost@mastodon.social
Oct 8, 2026, 5:38 PM@loganer here's more info on how the tz database is structured, and various quirks of local timekeeping that have had to be incorporated into it:
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👽🐦🦇🐉💻 Θὡθloganer@mastodon.socialOct 8, 2026, 5:55 PM@outfrost i will have this bookmarked for later for a good deep reading...
I just know that i've always linked to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern
- Outfrostoutfrost@mastodon.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:22 PM
@loganer i see, i checked and those appear to be legacy identifiers, supported for backwards compatibility. here's more on how zones are identified and why: