[tz] Time zone reference inconsistencies (RESOLVED...)

J-F Rivard univoc at videotron.ca
Tue Jan 6 00:42:24 UTC 2015


I just read somewhere that old regions were kept in the file for backward
compatibility... So, I have my answer. Sorry for the inconvenience.


*J-F Rivard | Consultant** | T:450.653.2912** | C:438.495.2912*
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On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 7:26 PM, J-F Rivard <univoc at videotron.ca> wrote:

> To whom it may be of interest:
>
> The time zone rule files refer to following locations that are not found
> in "zone1970.tab":
>
>  America/Montreal
>  America/Antigua
>  America/Cayman
>  Asia/Bahrain
>  Asia/Kuwait
>  Asia/Muscat
>  Asia/Aden
>  Pacific/Saipan
>  Pacific/Midway
>
> Note: some (if not all) of the above-listed locations are found in
> "zone.tab", but the documentation states that "zone1970.tab" should be used
> instead.
>
> Thank you for your excellent (and much appreciated!) work. Happy new year
> 2015!
>
> J-F Rivard
>
>
> *J-F Rivard | Consultant** | T:450.653.2912 <450.653.2912>** | C:438.495.2912
> <438.495.2912>*
> *univoc at videotron.ca <univoc at videotron.ca>*
>
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