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@@ -188,14 +188,15 @@ for another time zone specified via a proleptic TZ string that lacks rules. For example, when TZ="EET\-2EEST" and there is no TZif file "EET\-2EEST", the idea was to adapt the transition times from a TZif file with the -well-known name "posixrules" that is present only for this purpose and -is a copy of the file "Europe/Brussels", a file with a different UT offset. +well-known name "posixrules" that was present only for this purpose and +was a copy of the file "Europe/Brussels", a file with a different UT offset. POSIX does not specify the details of this obsolete transformational behavior, the default rules are installation-dependent, and no implementation is known to support this feature for timestamps past 2037, so users desiring (say) Greek time should instead specify TZ="Europe/Athens" for better historical coverage, falling back on -TZ="EET\-2EEST,M3.5.0/3,M10.5.0/4" if POSIX conformance is required +TZ="EET\-2EEST,M3.5.0/3,M10.5.0/4" +if conformance to POSIX.1-2017 or earlier is required and older timestamps need not be handled accurately. .PP The |