Hi Paul, On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 08:29:05AM GMT, Paul Eggert wrote: > --- > man/man3/tzset.3 | 8 +++++++- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man/man3/tzset.3 b/man/man3/tzset.3 > index 8479b17b0..6e89dd530 100644 > --- a/man/man3/tzset.3 > +++ b/man/man3/tzset.3 > @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ In a System-V-like environment, it will also set the variables \fItimezone\fP > have any daylight saving time rules, or to nonzero if there is a time, > past, present, or future when daylight saving time applies). > .P > +The > +.BR tzset () > +function initializes these variables to unspecified values if this Can you confirm that the wording is precise? If it initializes to unspecified values, I guess it's legal (IIRC) to read them (even if useless). Am I understanding correctly? Or do you mean that the values of the variables are undefined? Cheers, Alex > +timezone is a geographical timezone like "America/New_York" (see below). > +.P > If the > .B TZ > variable does not appear in the environment, the system timezone is used. > @@ -155,7 +160,8 @@ TZ="NZST\-12:00:00NZDT\-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0" > .EE > .in > .P > -The second format specifies that the timezone information should be read > +The second, or "geographical", > +format specifies that the timezone information should be read > from a file: > .P > .in +4n > -- > 2.45.2 > -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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