topic Re: tztab for Egypt in Operating System - HP-UX

tztab for Egypt

Mohamed Abdelkhalek — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:56:34 GMT

After runnning set_parms timezone,
Select continent (Africa).
select timezone (Egypt).
Now:
TZ = CAT-2
The problem is that there is no entry for CAT-2 in tztab.
How can I add to tztab and How to modify later if needed?

Re: tztab for Egypt

Robert-Jan Goossens — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:15:30 GMT

Hello Mohamed,

Have a look at this thread.

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1233584032354+28353475&threadId=1143905

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: tztab for Egypt

Mohamed Abdelkhalek — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:26:02 GMT

Notice that when we choose Egypt, the TZ is CAT-2 not EET.
How to Change to EET?
or How to add CAT-2 in tztab?
Also How to modify in tztab?

Re: tztab for Egypt

Michele (Mike) Alberton — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:23:25 GMT

CAT-2 is a timezone with no customization for DST, so that there's no need to have a specific entry in tztab file.

CAT-2 means GMT-2 with no additional adjusting due to DST.

You can always create your own entry in tztab defining the time boundaries as per some previous threads. Future patches could override that setting, or simply define a different TZ code for the same purpose.

Mike

Re: tztab for Egypt

Dennis Handly — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:06:48 GMT

>Mike: CAT-2 is a timezone with no customization for DST, so that there's no need to have a specific entry in tztab file.

Right. It would only be needed for documentation purposes.

>Robert-Jan's link above mentions something about DST? This would require tztab changes.