How does chromium get timezone on Linux when running "Date()"?

[Zhao Jiazhong]

Hi,

I find d8 and chromium may return different timezones on Linux when /etc/localtime is a soft link to a strange name timezone file.

Normally the /etc/localtime is a soft link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai on my machine,  now both d8 and chromium return the same timezone: GMT+0800.

But if I copy /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai to like /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghaiiii, and replace /etc/localtime with a soft link to the new timezone file, then d8 and the timedatectl command still get +0800, but chromium will get +0000.

So I wonder why the name of timezone file can prevent chromium from getting the right timzone? Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Best regards,

Zhao Jiazhong