Description of problem: On a system which has timezone set to EEST (=UTC+3) pcp(1) reports: # pcp -a 20140925.15.33 Performance Co-Pilot configuration on server.example.com: archive: 20140925.15.33 platform: Linux server.example.com 3.16.2-201.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 15 19:57:50 UTC 2014 x86_64 hardware: 2 cpus, 1 disk, 1 node, 2002MB RAM timezone: EEST-3 services: pmcd pmcd: Version 3.9.5-1, 8 agents pmda: pmcd proc xfs linux mmv jbd2 ds389 ds389log pmlogger: primary logger: server.example.com/20140925.15.33 So while EEST is correct the "-3" part is confusing. Considering that in many countries the concept of using abbreviations like PDT or ACST is alien, ideally the timezone could be printed like "EEST (UTC+3)". Thanks.
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Ok, so the format is popular in some circles, the timezone name followed by the UTC offset where times ahead of UTC a prefixed with -. For most people something like AWST-8 is a complete mystery ("Is that American West Summer or Standard Time, are they 8 hours behind UTC?"), it would be much better for PCP to report times in UTC+N format which most people would be able to decipher. Thanks.
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This was addressed in upstream PCP 3.12.2 by switching to more common ISO 8601 type offsets in pmrep & friends.