Question on abbreviations

Paul Schauble Paul.Schauble at ticketmaster.com
Wed Sep 27 20:27:37 UTC 2006


Then I'm confused. At the end of 1942, that rule should expire, because
of the "only" leaving what rule in effect? Apparently none, leaving the
time in 1943 undefined.

Where can I find a explanation of the tz text database format?

  Thanks,
    ++PLS

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:29 AM
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Subject: Re: Question on abbreviations

"Mark Davis" <mark.davis at icu-project.org> writes:

> According to the spec, TO = "only" is equivalent to saying that the TO
value
> equals the FROM value.

Yes, that's what's happening here.  The rule to switch to DST applies
only in 1942.  There is no rule to switch _out_ of DST in 1942, so DST
continues until 1945, the next rule that applies.

>> Rule    NAME    FROM    TO    TYPE    IN    ON    AT    SAVE
LETTER/S
>> > ...
>> > Rule    US    1942    only    -    Feb    9    2:00    1:00    W #
War
>> > Rule    US    1945    only    -    Aug    14    23:00u    1:00    P
#




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