From a08dea1d9b78d05e13ffbe2896bae4e443bb017d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert
+Time zone and daylight saving rules are controlled by individual
+governments. They are sometimes changed with little notice, and their
+histories and planned futures are often recorded only fitfully. Here
+is a summary of attempts to organize and record relevant data in this
+area.
+
The public-domain
@@ -140,8 +147,10 @@ The code lets you compile the
-The files are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please
+The Sources for time zone and daylight saving time data
+The
tz
databasetz
source files into
machine-readable binary files, one for each location. It also lets
you read a tz
binary file and interpret time stamps for that
location.Changes to the
tz
databasetz
code and data
+are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please
send changes to the time zone
mailing list. You can also browse recent
@@ -149,28 +158,15 @@ messages sent to the mailing list, subscribe to it,
and browse the archive of old
-messages. For further information about updates, please see
-Procedures for
-Maintaining the Time Zone Database (Internet RFC 6557).
-The Web has several other sources for time zone and daylight saving time data. -Here are some links that may be of interest. +If your government plans to change its time zone boundaries or +daylight saving rules, let the mailing list know well in advance. With +less than a year's notice there is a good chance that some +computer-based clocks will operate incorrectly after the change, due +to delays in propagating updates to software and data. The shorter +the notice, the more likely clock problems will arise.
-tz
databasetz
-database format.tz
database source filesSources for the tz
database are
UTF-8
@@ -188,6 +184,29 @@ zoneinfo is a Sublime
Text package for syntax highlighting tz
source files.
+
+For further information about updates, please see +Procedures for +Maintaining the Time Zone Database (Internet RFC 6557).
+tz
databasetz
+database format.tz
databaseThese are listed roughly in ascending order of complexity and fanciness. -- 2.7.4