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[bug#48364] [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Add tz.
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Leo Famulari |
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[bug#48364] [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Add tz. |
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Tue, 11 May 2021 15:13:07 -0400 |
On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 08:55:54PM +0200, Stefan Reichör wrote:
> * gnu/packages/time.scm (tz): New variable.
> + (synopsis "Display time across a few selected time zones.")
> + (description
> + "tz is a cli tool that displays a given time in several time zones. Use
> +the environment variable TZ_LIST to specify a list of time zones.")
I'm curious, how does it find the time zone database?
It should look them up at runtime via something like a TZDIR environment
variable. It should not include a copy of the database, or else it will
become "stale" before too long.