From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: zoneinfo
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:09:54 -0500
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Jeffery Howard Leichman wrote:
> 
> I have a question that I hope someone might be able to answer.
> I recently started experimenting with Gnu, and it's working
> fine.  And so far I cannot see what the 'zoneinfo' stuff is
> for.  I'm running under Win95 (I know,... I know,...).  Is
> that stuff for X-Windows?  Do I need those files?  There are
> 473 of them, at 32768 bytes each, which is an awful waste
> of disk space if not needed.  Any information would be much
> appreciated.  Thanks.

DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list -- Chapter 22:  Miscellany --
Question 16:  Zoneinfo gives an exact answer to your question.  In
short, you do not need all those files unless you want to distribute
programs that require time zone information to work properly.  At most,
you should keep the one file pertaining to your specific time zone and
discard or compress the rest.

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