tz file format
David Patte
dpatte at relativedata.com
Sun Jun 7 05:20:51 UTC 2009
The line means
Until Feb 1917, add 10h offset to get standard time, and 1 more hour for
local wall time (EST). This shortcut represents "daylight/summer' time,
without having to use a rule record.
David Patte
Relative Data, Inc.
russ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope i'm not wasting your time. I'm attempting to read the tz
> database into a c# application, and I'm not sure how to interpret this
> entry:
>
> Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
> 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
> 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb
> 10:00 Aus EST 1967
> 10:00 AT EST
>
> What is the significance of the "1:00" on the row ending in "1917
> Feb". Do I just add this to the 10:00 offset?
>
> Thanks,
> Russell
>
>
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