[tz] What does "tm_isdst" mean? (was: Re: Unexpected last transition in Africa/Casablanca)

[Fred Gleason]

On Mar 30, 2022, at 16:14, Guy Harris via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:

> Oh, it's this flag again.
> 
> A C22 draft as of October 18, 2021:
> 
> 	http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2731.pdf <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2731.pdf>

In light of the apparent ambiguities, might the best option be to return a -1 for all regions that observe “dst” (howsoever defined) during any part of the year?

Cheers!


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