[Mono-dev] Error trying to compile mono on CentOs 5

[Nikki Locke]

Thanks again, Timotheus - I am now using "GB" time zone on Linux (not GMT, as I want BST in summer) - 
of course, that doesn't work on Windows, so I have put in conditional code.

Timotheus Pokorra wrote:
> > Supplementary question - I am trying to load a time zone using:
> >
> > TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("GMT Standard Time")
> Try to use TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("GMT") instead.
> 
> The timezone must exist as a file in /usr/share/zoneinfo
> see for details:
> https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/mono-4.0.0-branch/mcs/class/corlib/System/TimeZoneInfo.cs#L451
> and https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/mono-4.0.0-branch/mcs/class/corlib/System/TimeZoneInfo.cs#L163
> 
> hope that helps,
>   Timotheus

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