1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/timezone.scm b/timezone.scm
index 2890c39..a9149e3 100644
--- a/timezone.scm
+++ b/timezone.scm
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 
 ;; The C-library support for time in general and time-zones in particular
 ;; stands as a fine example of how *not* to create interfaces.
-;; 
+;;
 ;; Functions are not consistently named.  Support for GMT is offered in one
 ;; direction only; The localtime function returns some timezone data in the
 ;; structure which it returns, and some data in shared global variables.
 ;; The structure which localtime returns is overwritten with each
 ;; invocation.  There is no way to find local time in zones other than GMT
 ;; and the local timezone.
-;; 
+;;
 ;; The tzfile(5) format encodes only a single timezone per file.  There is
 ;; no dispatch on zone names, so multiple copies of a timezone file exist
 ;; under different names.  The TZ `:' specification is unix filesystem
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
 ;; ASCII bytes, it is incompatible with different character sizes.  The
 ;; binary format makes it impossible to easily inspect a file for
 ;; corruption.
-;; 
+;;
 ;; I have corrected most of the failings of the C-library time interface in
 ;; SLIB while maintaining compatablility.  I wrote support for Linux
 ;; timezone files because on a system where TZ is not set, there is no
 ;; other way to reveal this information.  HP-UX appears to have a more
 ;; sensible arrangement; I invite you to add support for it and other
 ;; platforms.
-;; 
+;;
 ;; Writing this was a long, tedious, and unenlightening process.  I hope it
 ;; is useful.
 ;;
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@
 ;;; This definition is here so that READ-TZFILE can verify the
 ;;; existence of these files before loading tzfile.scm to actually
 ;;; read them.
-(define tzfile:vicinity (make-vicinity "/usr/lib/zoneinfo/"))
+(define tzfile:vicinity (make-vicinity
+			 (if (file-exists? "/usr/share/zoneinfo/.")
+			     "/usr/share/zoneinfo/"
+			     "/usr/lib/zoneinfo/")))
 
 (define (read-tzfile path)
   (let ((realpath