[tz] Commentary-only releases - let's not (was: Re: Please Don't Feed the Trolls (was Kyiv not Kiev))

Petro Ord petro.ordyn at gmail.com
Fri Jul 1 20:21:32 UTC 2022


> the current release will be out-of-date on 2023-March-21 (due to DST changes in Iran)
I'm trying to figure it out why it will be out-of-date only on 21 March 2023

пт, 1 июл. 2022 г. в 23:11, Guy Harris via tz <tz at iana.org>:
>
> On Jul 1, 2022, at 12:14 PM, Petro Ord via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:
>
> >> If we somehow get through this year's late silly season with no urgent
> >> releases, the current release will be out-of-date on 2023-March-21 (due
> >> to DST changes in Iran) so we'd need a release a few months before then
> >> to allow plenty of lead time for downstream maintainers and consumers.
> >
> > So the fact that Ukraine DST ends in October 2022 does even bother you.
>
> The time zone database currently has the region for Ukraine following EU rules, which specify that DST ends in October.
>
> Has there been an announcement from Ukraine that they will be going on permanent standard time ending in 2023?


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