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ggm ◴[12 Sep 25 02:48 UTC] No.45218201[source]▶

Is there a problem with ISO3166 denoted information in general or is there a specific US issue here? I would think ISO code denoted tzdata was a public good in some sense.

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masklinn ◴[12 Sep 25 06:27 UTC] No.45219199[source]▶

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All the legacy time zones were moved out of the default zoneinfo install. It’s not a us-specific issue but the legacy US/ timezones remain in widespread use, and they stop working on Debian 13 ootb (possibly Ubuntu noble as well?).

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pixelesque ◴[12 Sep 25 07:23 UTC] No.45219568[source]▶

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Does anyone know why they are still in widespread use?

Config defaults somewhere still using them? Man page examples? Tutorials using them? Or just force of habit?

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1. Macha ◴[12 Sep 25 09:54 UTC] No.45220493[source]▶

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I wonder how much of an influence it is that US/Eastern is easier to type than America/New_York

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Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones