diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 5344de5b..429bff49 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -227,4 +227,15 @@ ``` ???+ done "Solution" - In RAPIDS v0.1.0 we replaced `RMySQL` R package with `RMariaDB`, this error means your R virtual environment is out of date, to update it run `snakemake -j1 renv_restore` \ No newline at end of file + In RAPIDS v0.1.0 we replaced `RMySQL` R package with `RMariaDB`, this error means your R virtual environment is out of date, to update it run `snakemake -j1 renv_restore` + +## Unrecognized output timezone "America/New_York" +???+ failure "Problem" +When running RAPIDS with R 4.0.3 on MacOS on M1, lubridate may throw an error associated with the timezone. +```bash +Error in C_force_tz(time, tz = tzone, roll): + CCTZ: Unrecognized output timezone: "America/New_York" +Calls: get_timestamp_filter ... .parse_date_time -> .strptime -> force_tz -> C_force_tz +``` +???+ done "Solution" + This is because R timezone library is not set. Please add `Sys.setenv(“TZDIR” = file.path(R.home(), “share”, “zoneinfo”))` to the file active.R in renv folder to set the timezone library. For further details on how to test if `TZDIR` is properly set, please refer to `https://github.com/tidyverse/lubridate/issues/928#issuecomment-720059233`.