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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ A three or more letter name for the time zone in normal (winter) time.
A signed time telling the offset of the time zone westwards from Greenwich.
The time has the form
.I hh[:mm[:ss]]
with a one of two digit hour, and optional two digit minutes and seconds.
with a one or two digit hour, and optional two digit minutes and seconds.
.TP
.I dst
The name of the time zone when daylight saving is in effect. It may
@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ field indicates the time the changeover occurs on the given day.
Greenwich Mean Time:
.PP
.RS
.B TZ=GMT0
.B TZ='GMT0'
.RE
.PP
Central European Time, 1 hour east from Greenwich, daylight saving starts on
@ -102,18 +102,18 @@ British time, daylight saving starts and ends at the same moment as CET,
but in an earlier time zone:
.PP
.RS
.B TZ=GMT0BST,M3.5.0/1,M10.5.0/2
.B TZ='GMT0BST,M3.5.0/1,M10.5.0/2'
.RE
.PP
The eastern european time zones also have the changeovers at the same
absolute time as British time and CET.
.PP
U.S. Eastern Standard Time, 5 hours west from Greenwich, daylight saving
starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 AM and ends on the first Sunday
in November at 2 AM:
starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 AM and ends on the first Sunday in
November at 2 AM:
.PP
.RS
.B TZ=EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2
.B TZ='EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2'
.RE
.PP
It shouldn't surprise you that daylight saving in New Zealand is observed
@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ in the months opposite from the previous examples. It starts on the first
Sunday in October at 2 AM and ends on the third Sunday in March at 3 AM:
.PP
.RS
.B TZ=NZST\-12NZDT,M10.1.0/2,M3.3.0/3
.B TZ='NZST\-12NZDT,M10.1.0/2,M3.3.0/3'
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR readclock (8),
@ -136,3 +136,5 @@ West is negative, east is positive, ask any sailor.
Next year's time zone and daylight saving time are determined by politicians.
.SH AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
.\" corrected for US/Canada 2007 changes by ASW 2007-02-20