compile errors on timezone database

[Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI)]

Another possibility is to change the spelling of...
	24:00
...to...
	23:59:60
...which works with any version of zic issued 1988 or later.
Let's hear it for leap seconds!

				--ado

-----Original Message-----
From: tz-request at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
[mailto:tz-request at lecserver.nci.nih.gov] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:58 AM
To: 'diane_kledzik at notes.ntrs.com'
Cc: Tz (tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov)
Subject: Re: compile errors on timezone database


Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) wrote:

>Back in 1998 zic was tweaked to accept 24:00 in "AT" fields; my guess 
>is that the version of zic being used predates that change. (If the 
>vendor hasn't stripped things and you're on a POSIX system, you can do 
>a...
>	what /path/to/the/executable/zic
>...to get a version number; anything under 7.94 lacks the tweak; 
>anything beyond 7.95 has the tweak.)
>
>Mindful of folks with old compilers, it may be best to change the 
>northamerica file to avoid use of 24:00, changing the "lastSat 24:00" 
>references to "lastSun 0:00". (And perhaps using zic should generate 
>warning messages if a 24:00 shows up and zic's -v option has been
>used.)
>  
>
Because of the lastSat-might-be-the-last-day-of-the-month issue the 
Right Thing to be done is to update zic and use the correct zoneinfo 
definition.


Rodrigo Severo

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