[tz] Java & Rearguard
Lester Caine
lester at lsces.uk
Sat Jun 8 22:12:14 UTC 2019
On 08/06/2019 19:24, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Lester Caine wrote:
>> And Ireland is a case where pre-1970 data is different to the set of
>> data currently being used!
>
> I didn't follow everything you said, but above statement may give other
> readers the misimpression that tzdb has two sets of data for the
> Republic of Ireland. It doesn't; it has only Europe/Dublin. As far as we
> know, Europe/Dublin is reasonably accurate for Dublin for the indefinite
> past, and is also accurate for the Republic of Ireland since it was
> founded. No other reliable "pre-1970 data" is available for the Republic
> of Ireland, as far as I know.
That IS part of the problem here ... I've got Ireland grouped with the
rest of the truncated UK identifiers which may be a mistake on my part
... but I need to finish working through other more pressing ago before
checking ... such as sorting out the .co.uk -> .uk fiasco :(
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