On 4/20/20 12:27 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
I think "UT" here is intended to mean "Universal Time", and as such should not be "UTC". Perhaps Paul can comment.
Yes, that's right. The tzfile format covers timestamps that predate the introduction of UTC in 1960, so the documentation uses the sloppier and more-general term "UT" instead of the more-precise term "UTC".