Bug 278992

Summary:	localisation documentation states wrong "CET" instead of correct "CEST" time zone abbreviation in summer time
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Attila Stehr <as.gentoo>
Component:	Other documents	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	VERIFIED INVALID
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/de/guide-localization.xml
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Attila Stehr 2009-07-24 22:31:46 UTC

German localisation docu says 

"Notiz: Achten Sie darauf, dass das Zeitzonen-Kürzel (in diesem Fall "CET") für Ihre Gegend das Richtige ist."
   means:
"Mind, that the time zone abbreviation is CET!"

Now copying /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime leads to
# date
Sat Jul 25 00:07:19 CEST 2009

CEST is correct, since we have central european summer time here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEST

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-07-25 00:26:58 UTC

Nope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time

CET is correct. Your zoneinfo will change if you set it at a non-summer time of year; it will say CET. So the example is correct.

Closing.