[tz] Namibia to change time zone/go permanent DST

Zefram zefram at fysh.org
Thu Aug 10 01:11:24 UTC 2017


Paul Eggert wrote:
>+Rule	Namibia	1994	2017	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
...
>+			1:00	Namibia	WA%sT	2017 Sep  3  2:00

The rule line says that there's a DST transition at the same moment that
the zone line says the base offset changes and the rules cease applying.
The latter is the truth; the DST transition doesn't really happen.
So I think the rule line should have 2016 as the max year.

-zefram


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