Question about "only" RULE lines

Brian S O'Neill broneill at earthlink.net
Wed Dec 27 16:36:42 UTC 2006


If you're comfortable using Java, you can examine the tz compiler in the 
Joda-Time project.

David Braverman wrote:
>> it's the last ... rule in effect, which is 1919 Oct 
>> lastSun at 2:00, i.e., standard time.
>>     
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> Thank you. That part wasn't clear from the docs.
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>> You can debug your understanding by using the command
>> "zdump -v America/Chicago".
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> Well, actually I can't, since I'm stuck using Wintel systems. And while I can read C at about the level that most 13-year-olds read Hebrew (and for almost exactly the same reasons), I had some difficulty getting through the raw zdump.c code.
>
> Any tips for compiling it using MSVC? I'm a little out of my depth here.
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