On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Alan Barrett wrote:

> > On that note, shouldn't the default timezone be UTC?
> 
> My favourite timezone for new installations is "Factory".  Possibly
> with a slightly better message than "Local time zone must be set--see
> zic manual page".
> 
> bash$ TZ=Factory date
> Fri Dec 17 09:05:29 Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page 1999

Yeah, the zic man page doesn't even tell how to set the local time.
Better, perhaps, to refer people to the INSTALL document, or the
date(1) man page (which explains TZ).