Re: date (zoneinfo database?) mixes up the AM and the PM for some New Zealand locations

[Chris Elvidge]

On 19/09/2024 at 14:06, libreville wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm on Debian stable. Please observe:
>
> ~ $ env TZ=Australia/Brisbane date
> Thu Sep 19 11:00:31 PM AEST 2024
>
> ~ $ env TZ=Pacific/Auckland date
> Fri Sep 20 01:00:35 AM NZST 2024
>
> ~ $ env TZ=Pacific/Wellington date
> Thu Sep 19 01:00:38 PM Pacific 2024
>
> ~ $ env TZ=New\ Zealand/Wellington date
> Thu Sep 19 01:00:42 PM New 2024
>
> ~ $ env TZ=New\ Zealand/Auckland date
> Thu Sep 19 01:00:50 PM New 2024
>
> ~ $ env TZ=Australia/Brisbane date
> Thu Sep 19 11:00:54 PM AEST 2024
>
> ~ $
>
> 'env TZ=Pacific/Auckland date' results in an AM time, which is (or was)
> correct. The rest of the Auckland and Wellington responses are wrong
> though, both the Pacific/ and the New Zealand/ ones.
>
> Best,
> liv

"New Zealand" isn't in the timezone list so date doesn't understand it.
Auckland is in Pacific, Wellington isn't in any (AFAICS).
Brisbane is in Australia zone.
See: /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for what is legal.
find /usr/share/zoneinfo -name Wellington (for example).

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Chris Elvidge
England