systemsetup time-zone setting is broken?

[tlarkin]

OK, so this is dumb

bash-3.2# systemsetup -gettimezone
Time Zone: US/Central
bash-3.2#

So one would logically think...

bash-3.2# systemsetup -settimezone US/Central
US/Central is not a valid timezone. The command 'listtimezones' will show a list of valid time zones.
bash-3.2#

However, that is not the case, now systemsetup -listtimezones....

bash-3.2# systemsetup -listtimezones
Time Zones:
 Europe/Andorra
 Asia/Dubai
 Asia/Kabul
 America/Antigua
 America/Anguilla
 Europe/Tirane
 Asia/Yerevan
 America/Curacao
 Africa/Luanda
 Antarctica/McMurdo
 Antarctica/South_Pole
 Antarctica/Rothera
 Antarctica/Palmer
 Antarctica/Mawson
 Antarctica/Davis
 Antarctica/Casey
 Antarctica/Vostok
 Antarctica/DumontDUrville
 Antarctica/Syowa
 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
 America/Argentina/Cordoba
 America/Argentina/Salta
 America/Argentina/Jujuy
 America/Argentina/Tucuman
 America/Argentina/Catamarca
 America/Argentina/La_Rioja
 America/Argentina/San_Juan
 America/Argentina/Mendoza
 America/Argentina/San_Luis
 America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
 America/Argentina/Ushuaia
 Pacific/Pago_Pago
 Europe/Vienna
 Australia/Lord_Howe
 Australia/Hobart
 Australia/Currie
 Australia/Melbourne
 Australia/Sydney
 Australia/Broken_Hill
 Australia/Brisbane
 Australia/Lindeman
 Australia/Adelaide
 Australia/Darwin
 Australia/Perth
 Australia/Eucla
 America/Aruba
 Europe/Mariehamn
 Asia/Baku
 Europe/Sarajevo
 America/Barbados
 Asia/Dhaka
 Europe/Brussels
 Africa/Ouagadougou
 Europe/Sofia
 Asia/Bahrain
 Africa/Bujumbura
 Africa/Porto-Novo
 America/St_Barthelemy
 Atlantic/Bermuda
 Asia/Brunei
 America/La_Paz
 America/Noronha
 America/Belem
 America/Fortaleza
 America/Recife
 America/Araguaina
 America/Maceio
 America/Bahia
 America/Sao_Paulo
 America/Campo_Grande
 America/Cuiaba
 America/Santarem
 America/Porto_Velho
 America/Boa_Vista
 America/Manaus
 America/Eirunepe
 America/Rio_Branco
 America/Nassau
 Asia/Thimphu
 Africa/Gaborone
 Europe/Minsk
 America/Belize
 America/St_Johns
 America/Halifax
 America/Glace_Bay
 America/Moncton
 America/Goose_Bay
 America/Blanc-Sablon
 America/Montreal
 America/Toronto
 America/Nipigon
 America/Thunder_Bay
 America/Iqaluit
 America/Pangnirtung
 America/Resolute
 America/Atikokan
 America/Rankin_Inlet
 America/Winnipeg
 America/Rainy_River
 America/Regina
 America/Swift_Current
 America/Edmonton
 America/Cambridge_Bay
 America/Yellowknife
 America/Inuvik
 America/Dawson_Creek
 America/Vancouver
 America/Whitehorse
 America/Dawson
 Indian/Cocos
 Africa/Kinshasa
 Africa/Lubumbashi
 Africa/Bangui
 Africa/Brazzaville
 Europe/Zurich
 Africa/Abidjan
 Pacific/Rarotonga
 America/Santiago
 Pacific/Easter
 Africa/Douala
 Asia/Shanghai
 Asia/Harbin
 Asia/Chongqing
 Asia/Urumqi
 Asia/Kashgar
 America/Bogota
 America/Costa_Rica
 America/Havana
 Atlantic/Cape_Verde
 Indian/Christmas
 Asia/Nicosia
 Europe/Prague
 Europe/Berlin
 Africa/Djibouti
 Europe/Copenhagen
 America/Dominica
 America/Santo_Domingo
 Africa/Algiers
 America/Guayaquil
 Pacific/Galapagos
 Europe/Tallinn
 Africa/Cairo
 Africa/El_Aaiun
 Africa/Asmara
 Europe/Madrid
 Africa/Ceuta
 Atlantic/Canary
 Africa/Addis_Ababa
 Europe/Helsinki
 Pacific/Fiji
 Atlantic/Stanley
 Pacific/Truk
 Pacific/Ponape
 Pacific/Kosrae
 Atlantic/Faroe
 Europe/Paris
 Africa/Libreville
 Europe/London
 America/Grenada
 Asia/Tbilisi
 America/Cayenne
 Europe/Guernsey
 Africa/Accra
 Europe/Gibraltar
 America/Godthab
 America/Danmarkshavn
 America/Scoresbysund
 America/Thule
 Africa/Banjul
 Africa/Conakry
 America/Guadeloupe
 Africa/Malabo
 Europe/Athens
 Atlantic/South_Georgia
 America/Guatemala
 Pacific/Guam
 Africa/Bissau
 America/Guyana
 Asia/Hong_Kong
 America/Tegucigalpa
 Europe/Zagreb
 America/Port-au-Prince
 Europe/Budapest
 Asia/Jakarta
 Asia/Pontianak
 Asia/Makassar
 Asia/Jayapura
 Europe/Dublin
 Asia/Jerusalem
 Europe/Isle_of_Man
 Asia/Kolkata
 Indian/Chagos
 Asia/Baghdad
 Asia/Tehran
 Atlantic/Reykjavik
 Europe/Rome
 Europe/Jersey
 America/Jamaica
 Asia/Amman
 Asia/Tokyo
 Africa/Nairobi
 Asia/Bishkek
 Asia/Phnom_Penh
 Pacific/Tarawa
 Pacific/Enderbury
 Pacific/Kiritimati
 Indian/Comoro
 America/St_Kitts
 Asia/Pyongyang
 Asia/Seoul
 Asia/Kuwait
 America/Cayman
 Asia/Almaty
 Asia/Qyzylorda
 Asia/Aqtobe
 Asia/Aqtau
 Asia/Oral
 Asia/Vientiane
 Asia/Beirut
 America/St_Lucia
 Europe/Vaduz
 Asia/Colombo
 Africa/Monrovia
 Africa/Maseru
 Europe/Vilnius
 Europe/Luxembourg
 Europe/Riga
 Africa/Tripoli
 Africa/Casablanca
 Europe/Monaco
 Europe/Chisinau
 Europe/Podgorica
 America/Marigot
 Indian/Antananarivo
 Pacific/Majuro
 Pacific/Kwajalein
 Europe/Skopje
 Africa/Bamako
 Asia/Rangoon
 Asia/Ulaanbaatar
 Asia/Hovd
 Asia/Choibalsan
 Asia/Macau
 Pacific/Saipan
 America/Martinique
 Africa/Nouakchott
 America/Montserrat
 Europe/Malta
 Indian/Mauritius
 Indian/Maldives
 Africa/Blantyre
 America/Mexico_City
 America/Cancun
 America/Merida
 America/Monterrey
 America/Mazatlan
 America/Chihuahua
 America/Hermosillo
 America/Tijuana
 Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
 Asia/Kuching
 Africa/Maputo
 Africa/Windhoek
 Pacific/Noumea
 Africa/Niamey
 Pacific/Norfolk
 Africa/Lagos
 America/Managua
 Europe/Amsterdam
 Europe/Oslo
 Asia/Kathmandu
 Pacific/Nauru
 Pacific/Niue
 Pacific/Auckland
 Pacific/Chatham
 Asia/Muscat
 America/Panama
 America/Lima
 Pacific/Tahiti
 Pacific/Marquesas
 Pacific/Gambier
 Pacific/Port_Moresby
 Asia/Manila
 Asia/Karachi
 Europe/Warsaw
 America/Miquelon
 Pacific/Pitcairn
 America/Puerto_Rico
 Asia/Gaza
 Europe/Lisbon
 Atlantic/Madeira
 Atlantic/Azores
 Pacific/Palau
 America/Asuncion
 Asia/Qatar
 Indian/Reunion
 Europe/Bucharest
 Europe/Belgrade
 Europe/Kaliningrad
 Europe/Moscow
 Europe/Volgograd
 Europe/Samara
 Asia/Yekaterinburg
 Asia/Omsk
 Asia/Novosibirsk
 Asia/Krasnoyarsk
 Asia/Irkutsk
 Asia/Yakutsk
 Asia/Vladivostok
 Asia/Sakhalin
 Asia/Magadan
 Asia/Kamchatka
 Asia/Anadyr
 Africa/Kigali
 Asia/Riyadh
 Pacific/Guadalcanal
 Indian/Mahe
 Africa/Khartoum
 Europe/Stockholm
 Asia/Singapore
 Atlantic/St_Helena
 Europe/Ljubljana
 Arctic/Longyearbyen
 Europe/Bratislava
 Africa/Freetown
 Europe/San_Marino
 Africa/Dakar
 Africa/Mogadishu
 America/Paramaribo
 Africa/Sao_Tome
 America/El_Salvador
 Asia/Damascus
 Africa/Mbabane
 America/Grand_Turk
 Africa/Ndjamena
 Indian/Kerguelen
 Africa/Lome
 Asia/Bangkok
 Asia/Dushanbe
 Pacific/Fakaofo
 Asia/Dili
 Asia/Ashgabat
 Africa/Tunis
 Pacific/Tongatapu
 Europe/Istanbul
 America/Port_of_Spain
 Pacific/Funafuti
 Asia/Taipei
 Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
 Europe/Kiev
 Europe/Uzhgorod
 Europe/Zaporozhye
 Europe/Simferopol
 Africa/Kampala
 Pacific/Johnston
 Pacific/Midway
 Pacific/Wake
 America/New_York
 America/Detroit
 America/Kentucky/Louisville
 America/Kentucky/Monticello
 America/Indiana/Indianapolis
 America/Indiana/Vincennes
 America/Indiana/Winamac
 America/Indiana/Marengo
 America/Indiana/Petersburg
 America/Indiana/Vevay
 America/Chicago
 America/Indiana/Tell_City
 America/Indiana/Knox
 America/Menominee
 America/North_Dakota/Center
 America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
 America/Denver
 America/Boise
 America/Shiprock
 America/Phoenix
 America/Los_Angeles
 America/Anchorage
 America/Juneau
 America/Yakutat
 America/Nome
 America/Adak
 Pacific/Honolulu
 America/Montevideo
 Asia/Samarkand
 Asia/Tashkent
 Europe/Vatican
 America/St_Vincent
 America/Caracas
 America/Tortola
 America/St_Thomas
 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
 Pacific/Efate
 Pacific/Wallis
 Pacific/Apia
 Asia/Aden
 Indian/Mayotte
 Africa/Johannesburg
 Africa/Lusaka
 Africa/Harare
bash-3.2#

Yeah, so I got to like pick a city I think, but I think it is maybe busted?

#EDIT#

Also, here is their developer page on the binary, and check out their example of how to set the time zone at the bottom of that page....

http://developer.apple.com/mac/libra.../8/systemsetup

It has to be busted.

Edit again...

OK, that manual page is for 10.6 and I am running 10.5.8 however when I read my own time zone it reads, US/Central...

[AppleScaresMe]

AppleScaresMe:~ asm$ systemsetup -settimezone America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Set TimeZone: America/Indiana/Indianapolis

AppleScaresMe:~ asm$ systemsetup -gettimezone
Time Zone: America/Indiana/Indianapolis

It's working for me when I choose the city. I am currently on 10.5.8.

[tlarkin]

Yeah it does for me too, but when I try to set it to US/Central I get errors and when I read it from setting it in the GUI, it reads US/Central

I think it was fixed in 10.6